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Madeleine covers PCR, nucleic acid amplification, and sample prep technologies for GenomeWeb. 

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Jan 18, 2019

Curetis Subsidiary Ares Ramping Up NGS Antibiotic Resistance Testing Business

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New funding will support assay development and lab space to offer test services, and ultimately a test kit using the firm's resistance database.

Jan 16, 2019

Cepheid Infant HIV Test Fares Well in Kenya Evaluation

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Researchers showed that the test had equivalent results to a lab-based assay and has the potential for a faster turnaround time. 

Jan 03, 2019

Diagnostic Stewardship Debate Over BioFire Meningitis-Encephalitis Panel Heats Up

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Despite a recent positive economic modeling study, the debate over appropriate use of the ME panel seems likely to continue until more outcomes studies are conducted.

Dec 27, 2018

BioFire Bloodstream Infection Test Has Little Effect on Clinician Prescribing Behavior, Mayo Study Finds

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The research highlighted particular challenges for gram-negative organisms among a population of higher-risk patients.

Dec 11, 2018

ChromaCode Tackling Tick-Borne Illness Testing With Multiplex Molecular Panel

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ChromaCode this week launched its first product, a research-use-only test for nine tick-borne pathogens designed for research use on any thermal cycler.

Dec 04, 2018

Ubiquitome Targets Bench, Field Researchers With Newest Portable qPCR Platform

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The firm is wrapping up a pre-order period and recently signed a distribution deal with D-Mark Bioscience for the new instrument, called Liberty16.

Nov 28, 2018

Johns Hopkins Researchers Working on Tool to Combat C. Difficile Overtesting

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Researchers hope that understanding the etiology of inappropriate testing will help them design a better computerized support tool.

Nov 19, 2018

Meridian to Increase R&D Investments as It Starts Planning for Next-Gen MDx Platform

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In the firm's first-ever earnings call, new CEO Jack Kenny said the firm will invest more in R&D to revamp its aging portfolio.

Nov 09, 2018

EliTech Instrument Clearance Brings Unique Features to Mid-Size US Labs

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The Elite InGenius has the sample prep capabilities typical of high-throughput platforms, yet it can run more samples than smaller instruments.

Oct 24, 2018

Sequencing Method Screens for All Known Bacterial Pathogens, Resistance Markers

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Columbia University researchers have adapted a capture-based targeted sequencing method for viral genomes to detect bacteria in clinical samples. 

The Scan

No Flu for These Birds

Reuters reports that UK researchers are using gene-editing tools to develop flu-resistant chickens.

To Track Cholera

Nature calls for genomics to become part of the World Health Organization's cholera surveillance approach.

Better Odds?

Vox explores a proposal to institute a lottery system to award grant funds.

This Week in Genome Biology

In Genome Biology this week: gut microbiome study of individuals from Tanzania and Botswana, sixth version of the Network of Cancer Genes database, and more.

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