The Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA), Roche Diagnostics and Roche Pharmaceuticals have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to advance digital pathology in Egypt.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the company delivering a new generation of nanopore-based molecular sensing technology, today announced a new collaboration with UK Biobank to create the world’s first comprehensive, large-scale epigenetic dataset. The project will utilise Oxford Nanopore’s information-rich DNA/RNA sequencing technology to map the epigenome of 50,000 participant samples to unlock crucial insights into disease mechanisms, with the aim of improving patient outcomes. This publicly available data will serve as a unique resource for the scientific community, bringing new opportunities to advance our understanding of genomics.

Xcell Therapeutics is expanding the business scope of its exosome isolation and purification device, “EXODUS,” into the diagnostics market.

Artificial intelligence continues to reshape healthcare, but a new study highlights the challenges of integrating AI tools into medical practice. ChatGPT-4, an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, outperformed doctors in a diagnostic accuracy study, raising questions about how effectively physicians can use such technology.

Sheba Medical Center’s innovation arm, Accelerate, Redesign, and Collaborate (ARC), has partnered with Roche to advance the diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by leveraging AI.

Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, announced updates to its agreement with Illumina Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies.

Tagomics Ltd., a pioneering biomarker discovery and diagnostics company, today announced it has entered into a strategic co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies, a leading tools provider in the genomics sector. The agreement offers select customers the opportunity to access Tagomics’ and Agilent Technologies’ combined innovative offerings through an exclusive technology access program hosted out of Tagomics’ service lab in Cambridge.

Alveo Technologies, Inc. (Alveo), a leader in decentralized molecular diagnostics with its proprietary IntelliSense™ molecular detection technology, today announced that it received an agreement issued by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a competitive basis to develop a rapid, molecular, point of need diagnostic to detect and differentiate between Influenza A + B, and A/H5 in humans.

Lab informatics firm Sapio Sciences said Monday that it has entered a comarketing agreement with Waters.

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