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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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OCT 01, 2018Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Driving is an everyday activity for many people around the world, and it comes with serious risks.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 17, 2018Microbiology
Evidence mounts that viruses play a role in disease development.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers are developing a test for Zika that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus much more quickl ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been confounded for years by genetic errors with the sequence, but a different effect on people.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved a pharmDx assay called ‘Dako PD-L1 IHC 22C3’ by Agi ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 22, 2018Neuroscience
In any form of disease, the sooner a diagnosis is found, the sooner treatment can begin. Finding a health problem early ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression can be hard to classify and therefore, challenging to treat. New work could help change that.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2018Videos
This work could help eliminate animal models, and tailor medicine to the patient.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2018Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 25, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New research could help doctors determine how severe a case of multiple sclerosis will become.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 21, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2018Cancer
New, non-invasive urine screening test called UroSEEK was developed by Johns Hopkins to detect low grade bladder and uro ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJAN 07, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The use of epigenetic profiling for diagnostics and predictive therapy is on the rise, here are 5 recommendations as th ...Written By: Courtney SchaalJAN 03, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 20, 2017Neuroscience
While research is also ongoing into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is also a rush ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 05, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2017Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
With the progress of breathalyzers, scientists are busy configuring these technologies for the diagnosis of cancer and o ...JAN 19, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Detecting Endometrial Cancer Earlier with GenomicsWritten By: Jennifer Ellis
OCT 01, 2018
Microbiology
It's estimated that 780 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Driving is an everyday activity for many people around the world, and it comes with serious risks.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 17, 2018
Microbiology
Evidence mounts that viruses play a role in disease development.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers are developing a test for Zika that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus much more quickl
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been confounded for years by genetic errors with the sequence, but a different effect on people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now approved a pharmDx assay called ‘Dako PD-L1 IHC 22C3’ by Agi
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 22, 2018
Neuroscience
In any form of disease, the sooner a diagnosis is found, the sooner treatment can begin. Finding a health problem early
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Depression can be hard to classify and therefore, challenging to treat. New work could help change that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2018
Videos
This work could help eliminate animal models, and tailor medicine to the patient.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Videos
Scientists and clinicians want to use what we know about the human genome to prevent and treat disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria that live in our gut release compounds that might act as biomarkers, and may be a part of disease developme
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research could help doctors determine how severe a case of multiple sclerosis will become.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Diagnosing rare disorders is often extremely challenging. Now scientists have developed a new tool for that purpose.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers can now move beyond the painstaking manipulation of individual genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2018
Cancer
New, non-invasive urine screening test called UroSEEK was developed by Johns Hopkins to detect low grade bladder and uro
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JAN 07, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The use of epigenetic profiling for diagnostics and predictive therapy is on the rise, here are 5 recommendations as th
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 03, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new way to calculate so-called “bad cholesterol” levels in the blood could eliminate inconvenient pre-test
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 20, 2017
Neuroscience
While research is also ongoing into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD), there is also a rush
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 05, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
People that suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome might feel some relief just knowing that biomarkers have now been assoc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2017
Microbiology
It can be incredibly challenging to give a patient the proper treatment when they are infected by an antibiotic-resistan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been created that can effectively identify substances in the blood or urine that cause cancer. A team of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
With the progress of breathalyzers, scientists are busy configuring these technologies for the diagnosis of cancer and o
...
JAN 19, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Detecting Endometrial Cancer Earlier with Genomics
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis