World's first voice-activated stress test using AI

US-based Cigna International has announced the launch of the Cigna StressWaves Test, a free online tool that analys...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
First rapid at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19 enters Asia

Hong Kong-based New World Development (NWD) and Prenetics have jointly announced the launch of the Circle HealthPod...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US develops CRISPR-based hand held COVID-19 test for mass screening

An international consortium of scientists from the US has developed a CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test th...

August 9, 2021 | Monday | News
Promega brings MSI companion diagnostic IVD kit for cancer patients in China

Shanghai Promega Biological Products and Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. will develop and commercialize a microsatellite ...

August 6, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand (NZ) have received Health Research Council (HR...

August 4, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Chugai Pharma unveils comprehensive genomic profiling test for cancer

Japan-based Chugai Pharmaceutical has launched FoundationOne Liquid CDx Cancer Genomic Profile as a liquid biopsy-based ...

August 3, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

A novel device designed by researchers at the New Zealand-based Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to test the eyes...

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News
China develops novel 'bacterial gene markers' test for early detection of colon cancer

The faecal immunochemical test (FIT) is commonly used to screen for colorectal cancer but it has low sensitivity (around...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia develops test for early ovarian cancer detection

A test being developed in Queensland, Australia could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dram...

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Shimadzu unveils device for measuring amyloid peptides in blood

Shimadzu Corporation has released the Amyloid MS CL system for measuring amyloid peptides in blood. This “controll...

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Japan develops 20-min test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

A team of scientists from Japan, at Hokkaido University’s Faculty of Engineering, has developed a 20-minute test t...

July 26, 2021 | Monday | News
IFC invests $16.5M in MedGenome to support COVID-19 response in India

As India emerges from the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IF...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
Korean firm Seegene develops detection test for delta and delta plus variants

South Korea's biotechnology firm Seegene Inc. has announced the launch of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant diagnostic test ...

July 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Thailand accelerates development of innovative COVID-19 screening kits

A research team led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sanchai Payungporn, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chulal...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
Korea uses machine learning to detect thyroid cancer

A joint research team in Korea, at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), has proposed a new non-in...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
QuantuMDx launches Q-POC rapid PCR point of care diagnostic system in the UK

QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based developer of transformational point-of-care diagnostics, announces the launch of Q-P...

July 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Univercells and VectorBuilder partner to optimize custom viral vector production

Univercells Technologies, a provider of novel biomanufacturing technologies for flexible and scalable viral vector produ...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Korean firm Seegene expands diagnostic biz to US in partnership with Bio-Rad

Seegene Inc., a South Korean leading biotechnology firm, has signed a partnership agreement with Ame...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News