WORLD’S CLINICAL LABORATORY NEWS LEADER ISSN 1068-1760
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Vol. 37 No.1 • 2-3/2020
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Blood Based Biomarkers Characterize Parkinson’s
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arkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, resulting in a clinical syndrome defined by bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and postural instability. By the time a clinical diagnosis
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New Tool Developed for Diagnosis of Chronic HBV Infection
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team of Chinese researchers has described the development of a new and powerful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Methods currently used to diagnose and monitor chronic hep-
atitis B (CHB) infection are for the most part based on dynamic and real-time HBV DNA, genotype, and reverse transcriptase (RT) mutation analysis. However, the methods used to perform these analyses are limited by poor sensitivity or inability to detect more than one
Global Coronavirus Crisis: Researchers, Industry Mobilize to Offer Solutions Cont’d on page 4
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s part of the effort to create better methods to detect and treat sepsis, researchers developed a technique that enables measurement of the activation and function of white blood cells. Sepsis is caused by an inflammatory immune response triggered by an infection. It is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection
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new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows. In study, test proved able to detect and localize more
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New Blood Test Detects Multiple Cancer Types
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Inexpensive laMP-Based Schistosomiasis Tests Developed
chistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent Neglected Tropical Diseases, affecting approximately 250 million people worldwide. Schistosoma mansoni is the most important species causing human intestinal schistosomiasis.
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Point-of-Care Method for Diagnosis of Sepsis
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remature birth and its complications are the largest contributors to infant death in the USA and globally. Complications of preterm birth are the single largest cause of neonatal deaths and account for 35% of the world’s 3.1 million neonatal deaths each year. A short cervical length and the depletion of Lactobacillus species are known risk factors for preterm
n light of the worsening global Coronavirus health crisis, the In Vitro Diagnostics sector around the world is racing to develop a definitive test for the COVID-19 virus. Several such assays are currently in the pipeline, and some are to become marketable within weeks.
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Vaginal Biomarkers Predict Preterm Birth Risks
A Special Report
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Several polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based molecular approaches, including conventional PCR (cPCR), real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR), droplet digital PCR (ddPCR), have been proven effective in detection of schistosome-derived DNA with more Cont’d on page 12
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