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

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Nov 08, 2019

ChromaCode Debuts Instrument-Agnostic Multiplex Panel for Multi-Drug Resistant Infection Screening

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The firm's tick-borne pathogens panel was also recently the subject of a clinical study, showing high accuracy in detecting numerous infectious agents. 

Nov 07, 2019

OraSure Strives for End-to-End Presence in Microbiome Market with Diversigen Buy

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The firm is also targeting a new market for oral fluid-based tests for drugs of abuse, projecting future growth due to new federal regulations.

Nov 04, 2019

Shield Bio Brings Nanopore Sequencing to Patients Through STI Test Service

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A San Jose, California-based company appears to be the first in the US to routinely offer nanopore sequencing as part of a testing lab service. 

Oct 31, 2019

Quidel Touts Product Pipeline Despite Revenue Headwinds

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The firm plans to launch 10 new products next year, but analysts were cautious about Quidel's prospects moving forward.  

Oct 29, 2019

Inexpensive LAMP-Based Schistosome Tests Could Help Eradication Efforts

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Isothermal molecular assays to diagnose a parasitic infection that afflicts approximately 300 million people are moving closer to commercialization.

Oct 24, 2019

Large-Scale Unbiased Antibody Capture Method Links Enteroviruses to Acute Flaccid Myelitis

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After years of frustration, researchers can now more definitively link a polio-like syndrome to prior infection with two common respiratory viruses.

Sep 30, 2019

Q&A: BARDA Director Rick Bright Discusses New Programs, Focus on Diagnostics

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The director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has launched two new funding programs in the past three years.

Sep 27, 2019

Accelerate Diagnostics Banking on New Outcomes Data, Experienced COO to Drive Sales Growth

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New outcomes data shows that the firm's test can help clinicians optimize antibiotic prescribing, but investment analysts have had mixed reactions.

Sep 13, 2019

Scope Fluidics Subsidiary Developing 15-Minute PCR System for POC Infectious Disease MDx

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Based in Warsaw, Poland, the technology was inspired by "ultra-fast" PCR methods from the Wittwer group and Scope plans to launch tests for MRSA and C. diff.

Sep 13, 2019

BARDA Contract Win, Unprecedented CMS Incentive Expected to Catalyze T2 Biosystems Growth

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While the news of the BARDA contract drove a surge in T2's stock price, it was last month's NTAP decision that has company officials and analysts encouraged.

The Scan

So, So Many

According to Gizmodo, researchers have developed a list of a million nucleic acid-like polymers that could store genetic information.

Golden Rice Soon?

An opinion piece in the Washington Post argues that golden rice could save the sight and lives of many children.

To Share More

US National Institutes of Health has issued a new draft data-sharing policy, ScienceInsider reports.

Cell Studies Assess Hepatocellular Carcinoma Immune Cells, Renal Cell Carcinoma, More

In Cell this week: analysis of immune microenvironment in hepatocellular carcinoma, proteogenomic analysis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and more.

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