Boldly going in search of the fabled tricorder
19 February, 2024 by Ivor Campbell*Diagnostics companies globally continue to beaver away in search of a machine capable of diagnosing the highest number of possible conditions within a single technology.
Glowing COVID test produces results in 1 min
23 January, 2024What if, instead of taking 15 minutes or more, a COVID-19 test could quite literally light up with a result in just one minute?
An AI-assisted diagnostic test for COVID and other diseases
12 January, 2024The AI model has been trained to read the results of tests identifying infectious diseases, including COVID-19, and removes user error while improving accuracy.
New tumour marker identifies early-stage gastric cancer
05 December, 2023The new tumour marker has a sensitivity of 89% and a specificity of 99%, far exceeding the sensitivity of conventional tumour markers in identifying cancer patients.
Leukaemia test finds candidates for treatment-free remission
28 September, 2023A new breakthrough in chronic myeloid leukaemia testing can help identify patients who are strong candidates for lifelong treatment-free remission.
Diagnostic tool for mpox uses CRISPR technology
22 September, 2023MPXV-CRISPR is reportedly capable of detecting mpox virus in clinical samples with acute precision and at a faster rate than any other method.
Unreliable allergy tests spark call for standardisation
08 September, 2023Scientists are calling for the standardisation of allergy tests, after laboratory trials published in the journal Allergy showed that commercially available tests are not uniformly reliable.
Rapid test for dengue fever developed
23 August, 2023Queensland researchers developed a rapid test, with results that look similar to a COVID-19 home stick test, for each of the four types of dengue virus.
Urine test enables early prediction of HIV end-organ diseases
17 July, 2023Urine tests for human cytomegalovirus can identify the risk of end-organ diseases earlier in patients who have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
Retinal biomarker enables earlier MS diagnosis
12 July, 2023Researchers have demonstrated that diagnosis of multiple sclerosis can be significantly improved by measuring the thickness of retinal layers in the eye.
Predicting progression to life-threatening dengue fever
05 June, 2023Scientists have discovered cell populations in blood which clearly indicate whether a person infected with dengue fever is likely to progress to life-threatening severe disease or not.
Rapid test enables early diagnosis of preeclampsia
24 April, 2023The strip-based lateral flow assay uses nanoparticle-based technology to detect the concentration of specific biomarkers present in the blood plasma of women with preeclampsia.
Novel blood test could diagnose endometriosis
14 April, 2023Proteomics International's diagnostic test works by measuring the concentration of biomarkers in the blood that are associated with endometriosis.
Sensor for COVID-19, flu gives results in 10 seconds
12 April, 2023Scientists have used a single-atom-thick nanomaterial to build a device that can simultaneously detect the presence of the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the flu.
Possible biomarkers discovered for epilepsy
22 March, 2023Researchers have discovered higher levels of immune proteins in the blood before and after an epileptic seizure, which could result in better diagnostic methods.
