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Microfluidic chip technology integrates basic operational units such as sample preparation, reaction, analysis, and detection, harnessing techniques from the fields of chemistry and biology into a chip of several square centimeters, automatically completing the entire analysis process.

The global urinalysis market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2018 to 2022 to reach a value of USD 2.14 billion by 2022, driven by a large base of the target population and increasing demand for urinalysis due to unmet clinical ne

German firm Cytena announced today that it has raised 3 million ($3.4 million) in a Series A financing round. The firm will use the funding to expand its sales activities, as well as further develop and explore potential applications for it

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences (Indianapolis, IN, USA) has entered into a partnership with Apostle Inc. (Menlo Park, CA, USA) for the launch of Apostle MiniMax High Efficiency Cell-Free DNA Isolation Kit, a magnetic nanoparticle-based kit to

Baxter International Inc. and bioMrieux announced an agreement to develop future biomarkers with the goal to rapidly identify and inform treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI). The announcement was made at the International Symposium on Inte

Abbott announced today that it has received CE marking for its Alinity m molecular diagnostics system and assays, which are now available in countries that recognize the designation. The firm said that its molecular system will help clinici

A recentstudyconcluded that a first-of-its-kind magnetic surgical system allows a safe, reproducible, incision-less technique for port-less intraabdominal mobilization. The Magnetic Surgical System, developed by Levita Magnetics, is so unlik

Medical technology has made inroads in collecting data about health status that were considered impossible just a few short years ago. Automatic recording of data from things such as heart rate to glucose levels can be determined, stored, an

A report from the Landscape Analysis Sub-Group of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC),Somatic Variant Reference Samples for NGS, Landscape of Available Reference Samples, compiles all the currently available somatic reference sam

FDA has reported a total of10 medical device recallsso far this year, of which seven were reported in February. Seven recalls in a single month is a lot, but not unheard of. Last year there were a total of 32 medical device recalls, accordin

CareDx said it has filed a patent infringement suit against Natera in the U.S. District Court for Delaware. The Brisbane, CA-based company said it is asserting U.S. Patent Nos. 9,845,497 and 8,703,652, were exclusively licensed to itfrom Sta