May 2026—When it comes to cancer mutations, there are big fish in little ponds, and little fish in big ponds, and big fish in big ponds, and little fish in little ponds. The ESR1 mutation and its emergence in advanced breast cancer is still deciding what stripe of fish it is—or rather, breast specialists, researchers, and the FDA are in the midst of figuring out potentially important uses …
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April 2026—CAP TODAY publisher Bob McGonnagle spoke on Feb. 19 with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Ravi Gupta, MBA, VP and general manager; Robert Balog, PhD, MBA, senior director, research and development; and Poulomi Acharya, PhD, senior director, global product management and market development, genetic sciences.
Bob McGonnagle: Thermo Fisher launched last fall the SwiftArrayStudio, a next-generation microarray analyzer that will support genomics research and clinical applications through the use of laboratory-validated and -developed tests. Ravi Gupta, what motivated the development of this analyzer?
Ravi Gupta: The SwiftArrayStudio resulted from listening to customers. It addresses the scientific and operational pressures observed in modern genomics. I call them the real-world needs. For decades, labs across human predictive genomics and agrigenomics have dealt with persistent challenges in workflow complexity, inconsistent turnaround times, and escalating costs. Continue reading …
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December 2024—Biofidelity announced the launch of its Aspyre Clinical Test for Lung for liquid biopsy samples. Using either a tissue or blood sample, the test detects somatic mutations from DNA and gene fusions from RNA within two days. “Currently, patients who are fortunate enough to receive molecular testing often have to wait weeks for the results, with many tests failing altogether,” Barnaby Balmforth, PhD, Biofidelity cofounder and CEO, said in a press statement. “Aspyre Clinical Test for Lung’s unmatched next-day turnaround time coupled with its best-in-class performance from tissue and blood and proven performance with challenging samples makes simplified genomic profiling via Aspyre a game-changer for patients and the clinicians treating them.”