Clinical Proteomics

News on proteomics applications for clinical use in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

NCI Announces Centers Participating in Third Stage of Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Project

The organization named the institutions that will be performing the proteomic and proteogenomic analyses planned to for the five-year, $65 million effort.

At ASMS 2017, Vendors Focus on Software, Applications

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With the exception of Thermo Fisher Scientific, which released three new instruments, vendors focused mainly on expanded applications of existing platforms.

Biodesix, Progenetics Ink Distribution Deal for Israel

Progenetics will distribute GeneStrat and Veristrat liquid biopsy tests in Israel, making Biodesix's tests available in the Middle East for the first time.

Paradigm Diagnostics Raises $3.5M of Planned $7M Series B Financing

The company plans to use the proceeds to support research collaborations and to expand its commercial team.

Three Newly Identified Mitochondrial Proteins May Play Role in Disease

The two studies were part of larger project aimed at building a complete map of mitochondrial function and associated proteins.

New Products

Abcodia ROCA Ovarian Cancer Test

Sera Prognostics PreTRM Test

IP Updates

US Patent No. 9,261,517

Diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, myocardial infarction, or angina pectoris by means of neurophysin II

US Patent No. 9,188,591

Use of precursors of tachykinins and/or their fragments in medical diagnostic

US Patent No. 9,140,695

Methods for analysis of free and autoantibody-bound biomarkers and associated compositions, devices, and systems

US Patent No. 9,140,686

Biomarkers for diagnosing liver disease

US Patent No. 9,134,319

Method for replacing biomarkers of protein kinetics from tissue samples by biomarkers of protein kinetics from body fluids after isotopic labeling in vivo