Bio-Rad introduces quality control workbook series
September 2022—Bio-Rad Laboratories has launched the first workbook in a series that offers Professional Acknowledgement for Continuing Education credits.
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FDA clears BioMérieux Nephrocheck test on Vidas
September 2022—The FDA has cleared the BioMérieux Vidas Nephrocheck assay to detect kidney stress in patients at risk of acute kidney injury.
Thermo Fisher launches HIV-1 genotyping kit
September 2022—Thermo Fisher Scientific launched its Applied Biosystems HIV-1 Genotyping Kit with Integrase, a research use only assay that examines positive samples of human immunodeficiency virus to identify genetic variants that resist common antiretroviral therapeutics.
CorePath, Cizzle Biotech to develop early-stage lung cancer test
August 2022—CorePath Laboratories announced a partnership with U.K.-based diagnostics developer Cizzle Biotech to develop and offer a proprietary early-stage lung cancer test throughout the United States. Cizzle Biotech’s proof-of-concept prototype test is based on the ability to detect a stable plasma biomarker, a variant of CIZ1 known as CIZ1B. CIZ1 is a naturally occurring cell nuclear protein involved in DNA replication, Cizzle Biotech says, and the targeted CIZ1B variant is highly correlated with early-stage lung cancer.
BD unveils spectral cell sorter with high-speed imaging technology
August 2022—BD has unveiled its BD FACSDiscover S8 Cell Sorter with BD CellView Image Technology, which captures images of individual cells flowing through the system and sorts them based on detailed microscopic image analysis of each one at high sort speeds.
Roche launches BenchMark Ultra Plus, Ventana DP 600
August 2022—Roche has launched its BenchMark Ultra Plus tissue staining platform. The system was built on the technology of the BenchMark Ultra and uses improved Ventana system software, which aims to enhance quality control and inventory management.
Bio-Rad launches two negative run controls
August 2022—Bio-Rad Laboratories launched two new Exact Diagnostics products. The Exact Diagnostics Synthetic Negative Run Control is screened negative for nine targets, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Bartonella quintana, Borrelia burgdorferi, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, enterovirus coxsackievirus A9, HSV-1 and HSV-2, and varicella zoster virus. The Exact Diagnostics HAI Negative Run Control is screened negative for Clostridium difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus.
Thermo Scientific, Inpeco to develop LC-MS/MS, TLA connectivity
August 2022—Thermo Fisher Scientific announced an agreement with Inpeco S.A. to develop connectivity between the Thermo Scientific Cascadion SM automated liquid chromatography mass spectrometer and the Inpeco S.A. FlexLab total laboratory automation system.
Reference materials for urine chemistry, bilirubin assays
August 2022—Verichem Laboratories now offers a range of liquid-stable and ready-to-use biosynthetic clinical reference materials for use with urine chemistry assays and designed for system calibration and calibration verification testing on a variety of clinical testing platforms, including from Abbott, Beckman Coulter, Roche, and Siemens Healthineers.
Bruker launches NMR-based long COVID test
August 2022—Bruker Corp. has launched PhenoRisk PACS RuO, a research use only nuclear magnetic resonance test for molecular phenomics research on blood samples of patients with post-acute COVID syndrome (PACS), or long COVID. The test uses a multiplexed combination of biomarkers and is for research on early-stage risk factors on longitudinal recovery monitoring and on potential secondary organ damage in cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, kidney dysfunction, and inflammation. It runs on the Avance IVDr NMR spectroscopy system, which produces results in 20 minutes.