Diagnostic Technologies

CAP, ADLM, NILA caution court in FDA LDT decisions

By Liz Carey

Organizations rally on deadline for amicus briefs.

October 9, 2024

UCLA team develops paper-based assay for rapid cardiac diagnostics

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Researchers from UCLA have developed a paper-based vertical flow assay that shows the potential for providing rapid, reliable cardiac diagnostics within 15 minutes in point-of-care (POC) settings.

October 8, 2024

WHO approves Abbott mpox test for emergency use

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The World Health Organization (WHO) authorized Abbott Laboratories' mpox diagnostic test under its emergency use listing procedure, the first such approval by the agency in its effort to expand the diagnostic capacity of countries facing mpox outbreaks.

October 4, 2024

Mendaera raises $73M for handheld robotic platform

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Healthcare tech firm Mendaera announced that it has raised $73 million in series B financing.

October 2, 2024

Owlstone, FDA's OSEL partner to develop VOC ID methods

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Owlstone Medical entered a research collaboration agreement with the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories (OSEL) to develop methods of identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath.

September 30, 2024

CRISPR patent decisions could trigger waves globally

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Canceling a pair of patents in Europe will affect a broad network of biotech companies that have bought and sold the rights to pursue gene-slicing research, according to a September 25 report published in MIT Technology Review.

September 30, 2024

Roche launches diagnostic test for 12 respiratory viruses

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Roche Diagnostics has launched its first test using its new high-throughput technology that enables users of Roche's Cobas analyzers to simultaneously test for 12 respiratory viruses.

September 26, 2024

Pathologists detect microplastics in human brain tissue

By Will Morton

Pathologists have detected microplastics in the olfactory bulb brain tissues of eight deceased individuals in Sao Paulo, highlighting the need for further research about their effects on human health, reports a study published in JAMA Network Open.

September 25, 2024

Angle, NuProbe sign licensing agreement on NGS panel

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Liquid biopsy firm Angle has signed a licensing agreement with NuProbe to use NuProbe's next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel in its pan-cancer molecular sequencing assay.

September 23, 2024

CDC lab division restructure bolsters quality, technical roles

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Office of Laboratory Science and Safety has been retitled, plus other updates were announced.

September 23, 2024

PictorLabs raises $30M in series B financing round

By LabPulse.com staff writers

Digital pathology software firm PictorLabs has successfully completed its $30 million series B funding round.

September 19, 2024

Independent directors of 23andMe resign

By LabPulse.com staff writers

The seven independent directors of genetic testing company 23andMe resigned on September 17, saying they had not yet received a satisfactory take-private proposal from CEO Anne Wojcicki five months after she made the offer.

September 18, 2024

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