Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may triple their risk for a stillbirth, a new study suggests. The risk is also increased by smoking cigarettes, using other legal and illegal drugs and being exposed to secondhand smoke. Stillbirth ...
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For patients with diabetes, it is better to eat a single large meal than several smaller meals throughout the day, according to a new study from Linkoping University in Sweden. The study, which was published on 27 November 2013 in the ...
Cytocell announced the availability of a new range of in vitro diagnostic tests to aid in detecting patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL), a cancer of the lymphocytes. In total Cytocell has 19 different FISH probes ...
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OrSense, a developer of solutions for non-invasive measurements of various blood parameters, announced that it has received the US Food and Drug Administration clearance for its NBM-200MP, noninvasive hemoglobin (Hb) and pulse oximetry ...
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An advertisement using children to emphasise the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs has debuted in New Zealand. The commercial, titled 'Blazed', was created by award-winning film director Taika Waititi for the New Zealand ...
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Global provider of temperature-assurance packaging Sonoco ThermoSafe has introduced the new Envoy Diagnostic insulated shipping solution. The new shipper ensures temperature control for diagnostic kits, blood samples and other diagnostic ...
US-based company Arno has entered into partnership with Veridex, a Johnson & Johnson company, to develop a diagnostic test that detects the presence of activated progesterone receptors (APRs) as a biomarker of anti-progestin activity in ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its approval for the marketing of Roche's Cobas Integra 800 Tina-quant HbA1cDx assay for the diagnosis of diabetes. Presently available in the market, the HbA1c tests, or A1c tests are ...
Tags: Diabetes Diagnosis, Medicine
Tecan and Promega have developed a turnkey workstation for fully automated extraction of gDNA from whole blood samples. Designed to meet the needs of biobanks and high throughput genomic laboratories, the Freedom EVO® ¬ HSM ...
A new cancer research and treatment facility is aiming to improve outcomes for thousands of people with cancer in the UK. The integrated laboratory is the first of its kind in Britain and Ireland and is based at Queen's University ...
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Volition has announced a new collaboration with the Wales Cancer Bank,with the two businesses set to carry out an internal clinical study for the Nucleosomics diagnostic products. At the end of this month,tests will be carried out on ...
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The US FDA has approved Chembio Diagnostics' Dual Path Platform (DPP) point-of-care HIV 1/2 rapid test. The DPP HIV 1/2 assay is developed to detect HIV-1/2 antibodies in either oral fluid or blood samples, which will bind directly with ...
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Thierry Vasseur, Regional Sales Director, Zebra Technologies 1. What are your company’s key products and services? Zebra Technologies offers technologies that give a digital voice to an organisation’s assets, people ...
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Boulder Diagnostics, a developer of new diagnostic technologies, has launched Lyme Borreliosis disease test as a diagnostic service in Europe. The SpiroFind test, which is offered by the company's clinical diagnostic service ...
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Roche is planning to invest CHF240m ($259m) to construct a new diagnostics production facility at its Penzberg biotechnology center in Munich, Germany. The new 26,000ft2 plant, which will be known as Diagnostics Operations Complex II ...