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News and Trends 19 Dec 2022

Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics

Prenetics Global Limited is acquiring a majority stake in ACT Genomics Holdings Company Limited, an Asia based genomics company specializing in precision oncology with operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and in the U.K. “With the addition of ACT’s technologies, capabilities and team, Prenetics will be well-positioned to accelerate the utilization of genetic […]

December 19, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Asieris doses first patient in bladder cancer diagnostic trial

Asieris Pharmaceuticals has announced that Hexvix, a drug used for bladder cancer diagnosis, completed dosing for the first patient in its real-world clinical study at Hainan General Hospital Lecheng Branch. Hexvix has been approved in the U.S. and many European countries. The combined use of Hexvix and blue light cystoscopy (BLC) for the management of […]

December 14, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Dec 2022

Tachmed aiming to make healthcare more accessible

Tachmed is looking to transform access to healthcare through technology. The company’s CEO, Paul Christie, tells us how. What is the driving force behind Tachmed? What motivated you to work towards transforming digital diagnostics technology? It was during my private equity career that the idea of Tachmed was born. I was with a team running […]

December 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Opinion 12 Dec 2022

Artificial intelligence: a new era in rare genetic disease diagnosis

Despite the onset of the genomics era, rare disease diagnosis remains a challenge. Nostos Genomics’ co-founder, Rocío Acuña Hidalgo, and chief operating officer, Ansgar Lange, shed light on how artificial intelligence (AI) could fill in the gaps. It is estimated that 300 million people worldwide are affected by rare diseases and around 80% of these […]

December 12, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 8 Dec 2022

New method uses metabolism to detect cancers

When cancer is detected at an early stage, the rates of survival increase drastically, but today only a few cancer types are screened for. An international study led by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that a new, previously untested method can easily find multiple types of newly formed cancers at the same […]

December 8, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Best in Biotech 1 Dec 2022

Five apps powering the future of at-home HIV tests

The smartphone revolution is providing a promising tool to combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. We’ve listed five HIV test apps in development that could help people carry out at-home HIV tests and prevent the spread of the infection. The COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years has demonstrated how vital rapid diagnostic tests […]

December 1, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

InfanDx tackles early detection of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

InfanDx AG, a privately held diagnostics company focusing on the development and commercialization of novel diagnostic solutions for newborns, has completed the validation of metabolic biomarker panels for the early detection of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns. The validated biomarkers of such panels will be the target of the company’s HypoxE blood test for […]

November 14, 2022 - 8 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

RSV cases are rising fast in children. Early detection can help.

By Shawn Gaskell, MilliporeSigma RSV-related hospitalizations for 2022 have already surged to unusually high numbers, surpassing cumulative cases typically reported in late December each year, and we’re not even one month into the season. While no age group is immune to RSV— respiratory syncytial virus— and the trouble it can cause, young children are being […]

November 14, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor

News and Trends 14 Nov 2022

Early diagnosis tool for childhood kidney disease

Early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is key to managing progression of the disease. A new technique analyzing urine extracellular vesicles (uEVs) — cell-derived nanoscale spherical structures involved in multiple biological functions — in urine samples, identifies changes in the kidneys earlier than conventional methods and can also predict renal function decline. A team […]

November 14, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

More News! 8 Nov 2022

JelloX Biotech helps doctors diagnose and treat cancer tumors with speed and accuracy

Taiwan-based start-up, JelloX Biotech, says its products will help doctors diagnose and treat cancer tumors with speed and accuracy without an added strain on budgets. The company made its debut at Intel Innovation in September. JelloX has gained the attention of healthcare experts and pharmaceutical brands for its potential for the future of cancer pathology using […]

November 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

News and Trends 8 Nov 2022

Telix Pharmaceuticals sees positive results in kidney cancer imaging study

Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited said it has highly positive top-line results from its pivotal phase III study of its investigational renal (kidney) cancer positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent, TLX250-CDx (89 Zr- DFO-girentuximab). The ZIRCON study (Zirconium in Renal Cancer Oncology, NCT03849118) has met its co-primary and secondary endpoints. The study results delivered 86% sensitivity and […]

November 8, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 4 Nov 2022

Companies with exclusive rights to CRISPR diagnostic methods sign agreement

Two companies with sole rights to two CRISPR diagnostic methods in markets outside the U.S. and Greater China have signed a licensing agreement. Sherlock Biosciences announced today (November 3) that it has signed a deal with China-based Tolo Biotech which grants co-exclusive rights to the Cas12 and Cas13 method patents. As the only two companies […]

November 4, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

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Prenetics acquires ACT Genomics

Asieris doses first patient in bladder cancer diagnostic trial

Tachmed aiming to make healthcare more accessible

Artificial intelligence: a new era in rare genetic disease diagnosis

New method uses metabolism to detect cancers

Five apps powering the future of at-home HIV tests

InfanDx tackles early detection of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

RSV cases are rising fast in children. Early detection can help.

Early diagnosis tool for childhood kidney disease

JelloX Biotech helps doctors diagnose and treat cancer tumors with speed and accuracy

Telix Pharmaceuticals sees positive results in kidney cancer imaging study

Companies with exclusive rights to CRISPR diagnostic methods sign agreement

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