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Mobidiag Gets CE Mark for Intestinal Parasites Test

The firm said that its newly CE-marked test for intestinal infections is suitable for use in laboratories and hospitals, and provides results in 90 minutes.

Eurofins GeneScan Technologies to Deploy Assays on UgenTec PCR Analysis Platform

UgenTec's FastFinder software platform uses artificial intelligence to enable analysis and interpretation of qPCR data, workflow automation, and genotyping.

Cepheid Xpert BCR-ABL Ultra Leukemia Monitoring Test Gets FDA Clearance

The in vitro diagnostic test can deliver molecular results from whole blood samples in less than three hours, the company said.

FDA Clears Luminex Aries MRSA Assay

The FDA clearance follows earlier US marketing approval for the firm's C. Difficile assay.

PathogenDx Lands $7.5M in Series B Funding

The firm will use the funds to continue expanding its technology into food and agriculture testing, in addition to growing its cannabis testing business.

Sep 30, 2019

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

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Sep 26, 2019

CareDx Sues Eurofins Viracor for Patent Infringement

Sep 25, 2019

DiaSorin Molecular Gets CE Mark for VZV Swab Direct Molecular Test

Sep 25, 2019

T2 Biosystems Inks Distribution Deal in Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands

Sep 24, 2019

SkylineDx Partners With Mayo Clinic on Melanoma Risk Test Study Ahead of Planned US Trial

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Sep 24, 2019

Enzo Clinical Labs Gets NY State Approval for HBV Assay

Sep 20, 2019

Roche Gains FDA Clearance for Cobas Babesia Blood Test

Sep 19, 2019

PredictImmune Expands Licensing Deal With Cambridge Enterprise

Sep 18, 2019

Curetis Reports 36 Percent Increase in H1 Revenues

Sep 13, 2019

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

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Sep 13, 2019

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

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Sep 12, 2019

Applied BioCode Submits Respiratory Pathogen Panel to FDA

Sep 10, 2019

UgenTec Wins $550K Grant to Develop Infectious Disease Monitoring, Prediction Platform

Sep 09, 2019

OncoCyte Resurrecting Lung Cancer Assay Once Marketed by Life Technologies

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Sep 06, 2019

SpeeDx Mycoplasma Genitalium Resistance Test on Cepheid System Receives CE-IVD

Sep 06, 2019

As M. Genitalium, Gonorrhea Molecular Testing Expands, Antibiotic Resistance Assays May Follow

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Sep 05, 2019

Biocartis H1 2019 Revenues Rise 39 Percent

Sep 04, 2019

BioMérieux Q2 Revenues Up 11 Percent

Sep 04, 2019

OpGen, Curetis Enter Merger Agreement

Sep 04, 2019

Co-Diagnostics Expands License for CoPrimer PCR Tech With LGC

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Asked to Give DNA Back

A South African university has told the Wellcome Sanger Institute to return DNA samples it has from indigenous African communities, The Times reports.

CCR5 Gene Mortality Paper Retracted

The University of California, Berkeley's Rasmus Nielsen and Xinzhu Wei have retracted their CCR5 gene paper due to a technical artifact.

Catch It Before Being Hospitalized

University of Virginia researchers are exploring a genetic risk test to gauge type 1 diabetes risk, NPR reports.

PNAS Studies Look at Lung Cancer Models, Height in Ancient Europeans, More

In PNAS this week: researchers compare two high-grade neuroendocrine lung cancers, height among ancient Europeans, and more.

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