Respiratory

News on diagnostics for respiratory pathogens, including influenza, coronavirus, and more.

GenMark Diagnostics Q1 Revenues Grow 80 Percent

The company's revenue growth was driven by increasing sales of its ePlex molecular diagnostics analyzer, which now has a SARS-CoV-2 test.

Veracyte Licenses Lung Disease Genomic Classifier From Yale University

Veracyte has obtained rights to a 52-gene signature developed by Yale researchers to predict disease progression in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

UK COVID-19 Sequencing Consortium Launches With £20M in Government, Wellcome Trust Funding

The consortium, which spans more than a dozen UK cities, will sequence patient samples to understand the spread and evolution of the novel coronavirus.

COVID-19 Immune Response to be Mapped by Adaptive Biotechnologies, Microsoft

Illumina, LabCorp, and Providence healthcare will join the effort to collect COVID-19 patient samples in the US for immune cell receptor sequencing.

Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Celgene Form Biomarker Consortium

The consortium aims to develop assays that can detect biomarkers of pulmonary fibrosis that can be used as early indicators of a treatment's activity.

Feb 20, 2020

DNA Methylation at Certain Sites May Have Causal Effect on Lung Function, Study Finds

Jan 20, 2020

Multi-Disease Diagnostic Platform Project Receives €22.5M in EU Funding

Jan 09, 2020

Fusion Genomics Wins $1M to Assess NGS-Based Respiratory Tract Infection Assay

Nov 04, 2019

New $22M Study to Use Sequencing, Proteomics to Investigate Pulmonary Fibrosis

Oct 31, 2019

Rare Cystic Fibrosis Mutations Dominate in Caribbean Patients

Oct 28, 2019

Seqster to Support Asthma Study at La Jolla Institute of Immunology

Aug 21, 2019

Aqualung Therapeutics Wins $225K NIH Grant to Develop Respiratory Distress Biomarker Panel

Jun 24, 2019

At ASM Microbe, Stakeholders Discuss Reimbursement Issues for Multiplex Infectious Disease Tests

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May 08, 2019

Quidel Q1 Revenues Fall 13 Percent on Tough Flu Comp, Currency Headwind

Apr 17, 2019

Drug Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infections Associated With Pseudomonas Bacteriophages

Feb 26, 2019

COPD Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Numerous Risk Variants

Jan 30, 2019

Curetis Receives Malaysia, Thailand Regulatory Approvals

Nov 13, 2018

BioMérieux Pneumonia Panels Get FDA 510(k) Clearance, CE Mark

Oct 11, 2018

Curetis Extends Distribution Agreement With Beijing Clear Biotech in China

Sep 28, 2018

Palmetto Final LCD Denies Coverage to Large Respiratory Panels

Sep 20, 2018

Genomics Medicine Ireland, Academic Collaborators to Study Asthma Genetics

Aug 01, 2018

New Lung Cell Type Linked to Cystic Fibrosis Emerges From Mouse, Human Cell Atlas Studies

Jun 14, 2018

Mt. Sinai-Led Team Develops RNA Sequencing Classifier to Diagnose Mild, Moderate Asthma

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May 24, 2018

Functional Assays Improve Classification of Potential Cystic Fibrosis Risk Variants

Apr 09, 2018

Owlstone Medical, AstraZeneca Ink Deal for Breath Biomarker Platform

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The Scan

This One Might Not Be Due to Humans

A new analysis suggests warming, not the arrival of humans, led to the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros thousands of years ago, the Economist reports.

Not the Wings

Chinese health officials uncovered SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA on imported frozen food, but the New York Times reports catching COVID-19 that way would be unlikely.

More Vaccines on Order

The UK has ordered 60 million coronavirus vaccine doses from Novavax and 30 million doses from Janssen, according to the Guardian.

Science Studies Include Ion Channel Mutation Prediction Model, Variant Linked to Disrupted Sleep

In Science this week: machine learning model predicts whether ion channel mutations will cause disease, and more.

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