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JPM Healthcare Conference

Natera reports on robust product pipeline at JPM

Jan. 15, 2025
By Holland Johnson
Natera Inc., a developer of cell-free DNA testing, provided an update on its product portfolio at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Jan. 15. The company disclosed a new version of the Signatera assay that leverages the genome. Natera said the test, now available for research and clinical use, enables bespoke assay design from a whole genome sequence of a patient’s tumor.
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JPM Healthcare Conference

Quanterix merging with Akoya to bolster biomarker portfolio

Jan. 13, 2025
By Holland Johnson
Quanterix Corp. plans to merge with Akoya Biosciences Inc., in an all-stock transaction that both companies hope will bolster their fortunes. The transaction will create an integrated solution for ultra-sensitive detection of blood- and tissue-based protein biomarkers.
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Drug design, drug delivery & technologies

Proteomics study explores how protein changes influence disease

Jan. 13, 2025
By Nuala Moran
Fourteen global pharma companies are getting together to conduct the largest proteomics study to date, analyzing 600,000 blood samples held in the UK Biobank to assess the levels of 5,400 different proteins.
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Diagnostics

[18F]FA1, a tau-PET radiotracer with excellent affinity and selectivity

Jan. 13, 2025
Work at Beijing Normal University and affiliated organizations has led to the discovery and preclinical characterization of a novel tau-PET radiotracer for Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
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Patents

Bioresorbable microelectrode array implant for cardiac conditions

Jan. 10, 2025
By Simon Kerton
Researchers from The George Washington University and Northwestern University filed for protection of a bioresorbable, transparent, microelectrode array (MEA) technology that they believe offers unique advantages.
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Proteomics develops test that distinguishes endometriosis stages

Jan. 9, 2025
By Tamra Sami
Women with endometriosis may soon be able to have a simple blood test to diagnose their disease thanks to a breakthrough by Proteomics International Ltd. that has developed a plasma protein biomarker panel that identifies all stages of endometriosis.
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FDA forcing industry’s hand on pulse-ox sensitivity to pigmentation

Jan. 7, 2025
By Mark McCarty
The question of how skin pigmentation affects the performance of pulse oximeters has drawn the U.S. FDA’s close attention for several years, and the agency issued a draft guidance to address these questions. The draft guidance recommends that new and existing devices be evaluated to establish performance across different pigmentations, a development that would address concerns among clinicians and patients alike.
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Cancer

New AI-based models better than humans at diagnosing ovarian cancer

Jan. 7, 2025
By Shani Alexander
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based models developed by a team of international researchers were able to identify ovarian cancer in ultrasound images more accurately than humans. Results from a study published in Nature Medicine showed that the AI models achieved an accuracy rate of 86.3%, compared to 82.6% for the experts and 77.7% for the non-expert examiners.
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As STIs explode, at-home testing reduces diagnostic barriers

Jan. 6, 2025
By Annette Boyle
For more than a decade, HIV remained the only sexually transmitted infection (STI) with U.S. FDA approval of at-home sample collection, but a growing number of tests for sexually transmitted infections have received the regulatory greenlight for patients to swab themselves in the privacy of their own homes in recent years. With STIs reaching levels not seen in decades, regulators and physicians hope that the move will increase diagnostic rates and reduce disease spread by overcoming stigma and access barriers.
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AI cancer firm Oncocross debuts with $60M IPO on Kosdaq

Dec. 24, 2024
By Marian (YoonJee) Chu
AI-powered drug R&D platform firm Oncocross Co. Ltd. is leading the procession of year-end Korea biotech IPOs this week, pricing an offering of about 11.85 million shares on the Korea Exchange at ₩7,300 each for gross proceeds of ₩85.56 billion (US$59.5 million).
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