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Diagnostics

Kephera Diagnostics’ CLIA laboratory adds third “tiebreaker” Chagas test in celebration of World Chagas Day

April 16, 2024
Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is primarily transmitted by triatomine insects, which are found throughout most of the Americas.
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Assays

Roche granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for pTau217 blood test to support earlier Alzheimer's disease diagnosis

April 12, 2024
Roche and Lilly believe the test could play an important role in improving access to early and accurate Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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Diagnostics

New study finds a 67% increase in neurovascular imaging use for headache and dizziness in the emergency department

April 9, 2024
The published study was limited to a single medical center, so the researchers cannot say whether the results would be mirrored in other ED settings, nor whether the imaging was...
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Diagnostics

Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera

April 5, 2024
More than 1.2 million cholera rapid diagnostic tests will be shipped to 14 countries in global deployment, with the first shipment landing in Malawi.
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Diagnostics

New Applied Biosystems TaqMan QSY2 probes enable multiplexing of research assays

April 2, 2024
Applied Biosystems TaqMan QSY2 probes enable multiplexing of research assays for up to six targets in a single qPCR reaction with TaqMan performance.
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Diagnostics

Screening tool streamlines requests for palliative care consultations

April 1, 2024
Article in Critical Care Nurse demonstrates potential impact of integrating a screening tool at the point of admission to trigger automatic referrals for palliative care consultations...
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Diagnostics

Roche receives FDA approval for one of the first molecular tests to screen for malaria in blood donors

March 28, 2024
Malaria is a serious and potentially fatal parasitic infection most commonly transmitted by mosquitoes that can also be spread through blood transfusion.