Using a routine blood sample, investigators have developed an extremely sensitive assay to detect and quantify DNA fragments containing rare genetic mutations in a patient's cancer cells. This assay uses "SuperSelective" ...
Feb 11, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new protocol for monitoring acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common cancer in children, to inform more effective treatment strategies and detect disease recurrence. The personalized ...
Feb 8, 2022
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In a new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, investigators report on the design and testing of a breathalyzer, known as the Bubbler, that relies on viral RNA detection to diagnose SARS-CoV-2. Its name is derived ...
Dec 13, 2021
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Genetic Testing Reference Material Program (GeT-RM) has partnered with the Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) to develop a publicly available list of 546 expert curated ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Cancer causing high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV) are responsible for the rising incidence of HR-HPV–driven head and neck cancers (HNC), particularly oropharyngeal cancers (OPC, or throat cancers). Investigators ...
Sep 21, 2021
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How should diagnostic tests developed in laboratories in hospitals and other health care settings be regulated—if at all? That's a question that has stirred lively debate within the U.S. health care system for years, but ...
Sep 16, 2021
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The transmission of SARS-CoV-2 virus is dependent on many factors. Although some in vitro studies indicate that the amount of virus isolated from infected individuals affects the successful rate of virus transmission, whether ...
Aug 17, 2021
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Increasing knowledge about genomic biomarkers has facilitated better monitoring and personalized management of patients with B-cell malignant tumors. A new integrative, capture-based, next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel, ...
Jul 29, 2021
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The collection of nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) samples for COVID-19 diagnostic testing poses challenges including exposure risk to healthcare workers and supply chain constraints. Saliva samples are easier to collect but can ...
Jun 10, 2021
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The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, molecular diagnostic professional society, has today published consensus recommendations to aid in the design and validation of clinical CYP2D6 assays, promote ...
Jun 10, 2021
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