Half of patients could be diagnosed a year earlier than current clinical practice

05-12-2012

A software tool called PredictAD developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland promises to enable earlier diagnosis of the disease on the basis of patient measurements and large databases. Alzheimer’s disease currently takes on average 20 months to diagnose in Europe. VTT has shown ...

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05-12-2012

NanoString Technologies, Inc., a privately held provider of life science tools for translational research and developer of molecular diagnostic products, announced the completion of a $15.3 million Series E Preferred Stock issuance. New investors in the transaction included Morgan Stanley ...

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Department of Microsystems Engineering of the University of Freiburg is Coordinating the Research Project DiscoGnosis

23-11-2012

An estimated 220 million people become infected with malaria each year. The disease is often lethal – particularly in tropical developing countries with insufficient health care services. The infected suffer from a high fever. As this is also the case with other germs, however, it is ...

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Expands Global Footprint, Local Production Capabilities to Address Increased Demand from Life Sciences Customers in China and Asia-Pacific Region

19-11-2012

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced the official opening of its new facility in Suzhou, China, for the manufacturing of life sciences consumables and equipment. The facility expands the company’s global manufacturing footprint and establishes local production capabilities to meet ...

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Point-of-care and molecular testing will be the highest growth segments in the infectious disease testing market

05-10-2012

The infectious disease diagnostics market is driven by unprecedented outbreaks of infections and rising awareness of people and policy makers towards the vital use of diagnostic tools to control widespread outbreaks. In developed markets, infectious disease testing is moving towards the ...

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14-09-2012

From April 18 – 20, 2013, analytica Vietnam will focus on the topic of food safety. Due to growing exports, particularly in the Vietnamese food industry, demand for laboratory equipment is increasing. The analytica Vietnam Conference, which is held in conjunction with the fair, will cover the ...

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24-07-2012

Chagas disease is a deadly tropical illness. It is passed to humans by insects and contaminated blood transfusions, and can also be passed from mother to embryo. Around the world, almost 10 million people are infected with the disease – mostly in Central and South America and parts of the ...

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20-07-2012

Siemens' researchers have been able to analyze blood cells by employing the same magnetic reading technology as is used for computer hard drives. They have developed a prototype for the magnetic flow cytometry of blood. Blood is the most important source of diagnostic information for doctors ...

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Researchers identify potassium channel as an autoantibody target

17-07-2012

Diagnosing multiple sclerosis (MS) is a challenge even for experienced neurologists. This autoimmune disease has many symptoms and rarely presents a uniform clinical picture. New scientific findings on the immune response involved in MS could now help improve the diagnosis of this illness. ...

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16-07-2012

Start-up financers High-Tech Gründerfonds and the investment company of Life Science Inkubator are investing together with the TTHU (Technology Transfer Heinrich Heine University GmbH) and a private investor in the development of molecular diagnostic cancer tests. Epivios GmbH, a spin-off of ...

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