The Rehovot, Israel-based firm expects to soon receive marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its methylation-based Bladder EpiCheck test.
The approach applies deep learning and could potentially be used to identify people with early-stage disease when therapies may have more of an effect.
The results represent a significant improvement over currently used screening tools and are spurring renewed LDT commercialization and regulatory submission efforts.
In PLOS this week: analysis of DNA methylation in blood and epithelial cells, genomic analysis of Burkholderia multivorans isolates from cystic fibrosis patients, and more.
A UCLA-led team uncovered differences in DNA methylation patterns between patients with persistent and resolving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.
The FDA and CDC call for a pause in administering Johnson & Johnson's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine while reports of rare blood clots are looked into, reports the Wall Street Journal.
