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Diagnostic Assays
Diagnostic assays are medical tests performed to diagnose a disease or illness or detect risk factors that would predispose an individual to a disease. More recently with the advances in personalized medicine, diagnostic assays have been used to determine the best course of treatment for an individual based on specific markers and characteristics.
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JUN 23, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When proteins are made in a cell, they start out as strings of amino acids, which have to be folded into the correct, 3D ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Several new studies have identified biomarkers of long COVID, which can tell us more about what causes the disease...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a rapid test that uses genetic tools to diagnose brain tumors. This method can reduce the diag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
While this test is not meant as a screening device, it could be a breakthough for patientsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson's disease is often not diagnosed until later stages, when many nerve cells in the brain have already died off, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 28, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare disorder called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) causes weakness and muscle loss that gets progressively worse...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
When a drug causes an unintended effect, that is an adverse drug reaction (ADR); they can range from mild to severe or e ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that invader, or possibly, a vaccine that mimics an inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 02, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Kim Kardashian has 358 million followers on Instagram, who may have seen her post about getting a full-body MRI. While s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 25, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Can structures that give butterfly winds their iridescent sheen be harnessed to improve cancer diagnosis? New research s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complicatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection, auto ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammation serves crucial biological functions, such as in the response to infections and healing. But persistent or u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have created a new kind of test for autism, which relies on motion tracking technology that tracks as a parti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 31, 2025Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified two biomarkers that can reveal how sensitive an individual is to pain, and may offer new app ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2024Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The definition of psychosis is loose. The NIMH states that psychosis consists of "a collection of symptoms that affect t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 10, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has a site where people can check the expiration dates, and potential extensions on those dates, for at-home COV ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Neurodegenerative diseases of aging like Parkinson's disease (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) are usually not di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Extracellular vesicles are little sacs that can work as a kind of messenger that delivers signals from one cell to anoth ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When proteins are made in a cell, they start out as strings of amino acids, which have to be folded into the correct, 3D
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Several new studies have identified biomarkers of long COVID, which can tell us more about what causes the disease...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While most of carry the same genes, those genes can have small changes or variations in their sequences, which can have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Bioluminescent reactions, were light is emitted from a living being, have a lot of potential applications in biomedical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While genetic testing has advanced, and has enabled clinicians and doctors to provide families with answers when medical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a rapid test that uses genetic tools to diagnose brain tumors. This method can reduce the diag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
While this test is not meant as a screening device, it could be a breakthough for patients
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Parkinson's disease is often not diagnosed until later stages, when many nerve cells in the brain have already died off,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 28, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare disorder called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) causes weakness and muscle loss that gets progressively worse...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
When a drug causes an unintended effect, that is an adverse drug reaction (ADR); they can range from mild to severe or e
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Whenever the immune system fights a pathogen, it has a memory of that invader, or possibly, a vaccine that mimics an inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 02, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Kim Kardashian has 358 million followers on Instagram, who may have seen her post about getting a full-body MRI. While s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Can structures that give butterfly winds their iridescent sheen be harnessed to improve cancer diagnosis? New research s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
It's estimated that around 13.4 million infants are born prematurely around the world, and preterm north complicatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
There are many symptoms that are common to a wide variety of diseases, like fever, which can indicate an infection, auto
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Inflammation serves crucial biological functions, such as in the response to infections and healing. But persistent or u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have created a new kind of test for autism, which relies on motion tracking technology that tracks as a parti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 31, 2025
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have identified two biomarkers that can reveal how sensitive an individual is to pain, and may offer new app
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2024
Microbiology
Urological diseases such as urinary tract infections (UTI) and kidney stones are a serious burden and are considered the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been approved for the first time by the World Health Organization (WHO
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The definition of psychosis is loose. The NIMH states that psychosis consists of "a collection of symptoms that affect t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 10, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The FDA has a site where people can check the expiration dates, and potential extensions on those dates, for at-home COV
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Neurodegenerative diseases of aging like Parkinson's disease (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) are usually not di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Extracellular vesicles are little sacs that can work as a kind of messenger that delivers signals from one cell to anoth
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch