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A gene-based blood test can accurately detect breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian, pancreatic, gastric or bile duct cancers in patients, researchers report.
The test uses artificial intelligence to identify and interpret "fragments" of DNA in the blood that indicate the presence of cancer, explained researchers led by Dr. Victor Velculescu.
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University of Liverpool via Infection Control Today
A new study, published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and conducted by a University of Liverpool research consortium, has helped develop a new treatment option for some multidrug-resistant infections. Antimicrobial resistance is a global and serious threat to human health that is making previously easy to treat infections harder to treat, and, according to the World Health Organization, the cause of 25,000 deaths annually in European Union alone.
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Science News
The most iconic thing about measles is the rash — red, livid splotches that make infection painfully visible. But that rash, and even the fever, coughing and watery, sore eyes, are all distractions from the virus’s real harm — an all-out attack on the immune system. Measles silently wipes clean the immune system’s memory of past infections. In this way, the virus can cast a long and dangerous shadow for months, or even years, scientists are finding. The resulting “immune amnesia” leaves people vulnerable to other viruses and bacteria that cause pneumonia, ear infections and diarrhea.
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Infectious Disease Advisor
The Infectious Disease Society of America issued an updated statement supporting the appropriate use of telemedicine and telehealth technologies in clinical care, research and education. Details of the position statement were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
To use telemedicine and telehealth technologies, IDSA listed various factors that should be taken into consideration, such as liability, licensure, reimbursement and patient satisfaction.
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The miniiSED™ is the newest addition to the iSED™ family of ESR analyzers from ALCOR Scientific. The miniiSED™ is a single position, fully automated ESR analyzer that works directly from the primary EDTA tube and produces an ESR result in just 15 seconds. The miniiSED™ is the ideal ESR analyzer for small laboratories, POL’s and emergency clinics.
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Food and Drug Administration via Infection Control Today
The Food and Drug Administration announces it has authorized marketing of a diagnostic test to detect Zika virus immunoglobulin antibodies in human blood. The ZIKV Detect 2.0 IgM Capture ELISA is the first Zika diagnostic test the FDA has allowed to be marketed in the U.S.; previously, tests for detecting Zika virus IgM antibodies — including the ZIKV Detect 2.0 IgM Capture ELISA — had been authorized only for emergency use under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization authority.
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DARK Daily
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that acidic environments enable tumor cells to strengthen through protein production. And that when acidic surfaces extend beyond a tumor’s interior, and come into contact with healthy tissue, cancer can spread.
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Contagion Live
The New Jersey Department of Health has announced an investigation into a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that turned deadly in one county.
According to a statement issued by the health agency recently, there have been 22 confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals who reside in or visited Union County, New Jersey. As of May 23, there have been five deaths recorded in the outbreak, all of which occurred in older adults with “other significant medical conditions.”
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American Society for Microbiology via ScienceDaily
Using paper stickers to collect pathogens on surfaces where antisepsis is required, such as in food processing plants, is easier, and less expensive than swabbing, yet similarly sensitive. The research is published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
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Five Levels of recovery with LGC Maine Standards’ family of liquid-ready, VALIDATE® Hemostasis products: D-Dimer, Fibrinogen, Heparin Anti-Xa. Meeting calibration verification regulatory requirements for calibrated test methods has never been easier.
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With the demand for STAT samples at an all-time high, Drucker Diagnostics’ DASH centrifuges make reducing TAT easier than ever. Choose our set-and-lock Apex models for maximum repeatability or monitor cycle status to the last second with the Flex 12’s digital countdown. Push-button operation, lid lighting system, and more.
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R&D Magazine
Scientists working with raw genetic material and the creation of DNA sequences must take precautions to ensure they don’t accidentally produce potential biohazards, such as toxins or pathogens that could lead to contagious diseases and death among plant and animal hosts. Not only could this type of incident lead to significant financial losses, as host organisms are killed — it can also pose a danger to those working with these materials in the lab.
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Fred Hutch
Researchers have discovered one way the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease successfully lives in contaminated water supplies: by killing off its neighbors. The study, published in the journal eLife by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, reveals the unexpected molecular poison the bacterium uses to do so — and suggests a potential way to prevent an illness that strikes about 6,000 people each year in the U.S.
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Inserm via Lab Manager
The global spread of antibiotic resistance is a major public health issue and a priority for international microbiology research. In his paper published in the journal Science, Christian Lesterlin, Inserm researcher at Lyon’s Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry laboratory (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), and his team were able to film the process of antibiotic resistance acquisition in real time, discovering a key but unexpected player in its maintenance and spread within bacterial populations.
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SeraSub® is a synthetic serum for use as a component in preparing standards and controls for in-vitro diagnostic tests. Learn more
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Feedstuffs
The Agriculture Department’s Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service announced May 29 that it is taking steps to make it easier for animal diagnostic laboratories to carry out vital livestock disease testing on behalf of the agency.
The USDA is proposing to update its regulations that outline how the agency approves laboratories to conduct official testing for animal diseases, as well as how they can remain approved, APHIS said.
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