Noninvasive Fetal Screening Effectively Detects Abnormalities
Massachusetts General Hospital
Noninvasive method has the potential to survey the entire fetal exome without the need for amniocentesis
Blood Test
MS Biomarker Test Gets Breakthrough Device Designation
Swathi Kodaikal, MSc
Blood NfL levels can provide insights into neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s, Parkison’s, and Huntington’s diseases
FDA Clears First At-Home COVID-19 Antigen Test
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 test detects positive SARS-CoV-2 infection with 89.8 percent sensitivity
The Influence of Race on Noninvasive Prenatal Testing
Raeesa Gupte, PhD
Limited inclusion of Black patients with comorbidities or preexisting health conditions represents an important gap in NIPT research
New Blood-Based Tool Rapidly Tests for TB in Children
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
An international research consortium has tested a rapid new analytical tool that needs just a blood sample from a fingerprick
Blood Test to Detect Cancer Early in High-Risk Families
The Hospital for Sick Children
Liquid biopsies help extract and screen circulating tumor DNA for cancer-causing anomalies well in advance
Small-Volume Blood Draws Could Cut Down Transfusions
The Ottawa Hospital
The large trial showed switching to smaller collection tubes saved almost one blood transfusion for every 10 patients
Can Phage-Based Diagnostics End the Global TB Rage?
Jane Theaker, MSc
Natural mechanisms of bacteriophages may help identify active TB early in those at risk
Ultrasensitive Blood Test Detects Multi-Cancer-Specific Biomarker
Mass General Brigham
Novel blood test detects the highly specific ORF1p biomarker found in multiple cancers
Microfluidic Chip Rapidly Tests Bacteria for Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The chip generates results in less than 3.5 hours and helps treat bloodstream infections and sepsis quickly and accurately