NCCID: The national database being used to harness AI and help tackle Covid-19 more effectively in the UK

By Jamie Bell

27 Jan 21

A number of UK universities, hospitals and companies are already embarking on research projects to harness the national…

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New ‘nano-popcorn’ substrate could enhance respiratory virus biosensors

By Peter Littlejohns

26 Jan 21

Biosensors aren't generally considered the most accurate when it comes to detecting a respiratory virus, but Korean researchers…

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Lateral flow testing rolled out in UK workplaces to detect asymptomatic Covid-19 cases

By Jamie Bell

26 Jan 21

Royal Mail, DVLA, and Tate & Lyle Sugars are among the UK companies rolling out asymptomatic lateral flow…

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Korean researchers say prostate cancer diagnosis can be done using AI and urine

By Peter Littlejohns

25 Jan 21

The new diagnosis technique could mean patients with suspected prostate cancer can avoid a painful biopsy procedure in…

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P&G licences novel polypropylene nasal swab to Rhinostics for Covid-19 testing

By NS Medical Staff Writer

25 Jan 21

The novel swab is said to provide a sample concentration of up to 30 fold over other swabs…

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Ten major players in the global in vitro diagnostics market right now

By Jamie Bell

24 Jan 21

The biggest in vitro diagnostics companies in the world right now are spread across the US, Europe and…

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Bruker, numares partner for advanced metabolomics-based diagnostic tests

By NS Medical Staff Writer

22 Jan 21

The deal enables to combine numares’ expertise in leveraging metabolomics for software-based diagnostics with Bruker’s NMR technology

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Relay Medical, Fio introduce high-throughput Covid-19 rapid testing solution

By NS Medical Staff Writer

21 Jan 21

The mobile testing toolkit will help administer on-site Covid-19 rapid testing and real-time tracking in high-volume settings

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Parsortix liquid biopsy boosted by independent study while awaiting FDA clearance

By Peter Littlejohns

20 Jan 21

Researchers in Canada compared Parsortix to the only FDA approved test for circulating tumour cells and found it…

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Thermo Fisher to buy molecular diagnostic firm Mesa Biotech for $450m

By NS Medical Staff Writer

20 Jan 21

Mesa Biotech has developed a PCR-based rapid point-of-care testing platform to detect infectious diseases such as SARS-CoV-2

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