US develops CRISPR-based hand held COVID-19 test for mass screening

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2021

An international consortium of scientists from the US has developed a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test th...Read more

Promega brings MSI companion diagnostic IVD kit for cancer patients in China

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2021

Shanghai Promega Biological Products and Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. will develop and commercialize a microsatellite ...Read more

NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Aug, 2021

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand (NZ) have received Health Research Council (HR...Read more

Japan's Chugai Pharma unveils comprehensive genomic profiling test for cancer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 1 Comment | 03 Aug, 2021

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical has launched FoundationOne Liquid CDx Cancer Genomic Profile as a liquid biopsy-based ...Read more

NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2021

A novel device designed by researchers at the New Zealand-based Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to test the eyes...Read more

China develops novel 'bacterial gene markers' test for early detection of colon cancer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 29 Jul, 2021

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is commonly used to screen for colorectal cancer but it has low sensitivity (around...Read more

Australia develops test for early ovarian cancer detection

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jul, 2021

A test being developed in Queensland, Australia could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dram...Read more

Japan's Shimadzu unveils device for measuring amyloid peptides in blood

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jul, 2021

Shimadzu Corporation has released the Amyloid MS CL system for measuring amyloid peptides in blood. This “controll...Read more

Japan develops 20-min test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Jul, 2021

A team of scientists from Japan, at Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Engineering, has developed a 20-minute test t...Read more

IFC invests $16.5M in MedGenome to support COVID-19 response in India

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Jul, 2021

As India emerges from the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IF...Read more

Korean firm Seegene develops detection test for delta and delta plus variants

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2021

South Korea's biotechnology firm Seegene Inc. has announced the launch of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant diagnostic test ...Read more

Thailand accelerates development of innovative COVID-19 screening kits

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2021

A research team led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanchai Payungporn, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulal...Read more

Korea uses machine learning to detect thyroid cancer

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2021

A joint research team in Korea, at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), has proposed a new non-in...Read more

QuantuMDx launches Q-POC rapid PCR point of care diagnostic system in the UK

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2021

QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based developer of transformational point-of-care diagnostics, announces the launch of Q-P...Read more

Univercells and VectorBuilder partner to optimize custom viral vector production

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jul, 2021

Univercells Technologies, a provider of novel biomanufacturing technologies for flexible and scalable viral vector produ...Read more

Korean firm Seegene expands diagnostic biz to US in partnership with Bio-Rad

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jul, 2021

Seegene Inc., a South Korean leading biotechnology firm, has signed a partnership agreement with Ame...Read more

Japan's Sysmex Corp teams up with QIAGEN for global cancer companion diagnostics

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2021

QIAGEN has announced a global strategic alliance with Japan’s Sysmex Corporation for the development and commercia...Read more

Singapore prepares for future pandemics with hi-tech diagnostic lab

Medical Diagnostic |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2021

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Pathnova Laboratories, a medical diagnostic company back...Read more