How the latest sensors analyse body fluids

Impressive possibilities - from dummies that recognise dehydration, to tattoos that measure blood sugar, to breathing masks that detect viruses without the need for an unpleasant nasal swab

09-Dec-2024 - A new generation of wearable sensors will fundamentally change medicine. Researchers at ETH Zurich and international experts have now published an overview showing what is possible with such sensors and what questions their developers should consider to ensure their successful future use. Using a ...

Capitainer participates in global AI project for advanced lung diagnostics

New project combines AI and self-sampling

04-Dec-2024 - Capitainer, a Swedish MedTech start-up specializing in self-sampling solutions, plays a key role in the international AIR project (Artificial Intelligence Radiology) aimed at improving the diagnostics and monitoring of lung diseases. Through Capitainer's innovative technology, patients can easily ...

QIAGEN Strengthens QIAstat-Dx With New Barcelona Site

Drive Growth in Infectious Diseases and Precision Medicine Testing

02-Dec-2024 - QIAGEN (NYSE: QGEN; Frankfurt Prime Standard: QIA) today announced plans to move its QIAstat-Dx operations within the Barcelona area to a new site in Esplugues de Llobregat as part of a multi-year investment to strengthen this business. Set to open in early 2026, the new site will cover the ...

Roche lays the foundation for the diagnostics production of the future in Germany

Investment of more than 600 million euros in a high-tech production center - Roche's largest single investment in Germany to date

29-Nov-2024 - Roche lays the foundation stone for one of Europe's most modern production centers for high-quality diagnostic input materials on the campus of its biotechnology center in Penzberg, Upper Bavaria. The company is investing more than 600 million euros - Roche's largest single investment in Germany. ...

Revolution in diagnostics?

More sensitive, faster, cheaper: Chemists develop graphene-based biosensor

29-Nov-2024 - Two-dimensional materials such as graphene are not only ultrathin, but also extremely sensitive. Researchers have therefore been trying for years to develop highly sensitive biosensors that utilise this property. Graphene-based field-effect transistors, for example, could register the tiniest ...

Without using animals: antibodies from algae for pregnancy tests

Start-up develops new process - DBU provides funding

19-Nov-2024 - It is not every day that young start-ups from Germany launch an innovation with industry-changing potential onto the market. But this is exactly what Phaeosynt, a company founded out of the University of Hanover, is planning to do with its diatom-derived antibodies for medical diagnostics. Until ...

Mainz Biomed and Thermo Fisher Scientific sign collaboration agreement

Development of next-generation colorectal cancer screening product for global markets

14-Nov-2024 - Mainz Biomed N.V. announced a collaborative agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), through its subsidiary Life Technologies Corporation (“Thermo Fisher”), a world leader in supplying life sciences solutions and services. The collaboration agreement will enable Mainz Biomed and ...

Aignostics secures $34 million Series B to improve precision medicine with AI

Investments will support new product offerings, US expansion, and development of pathology foundation models

05-Nov-2024 - Aignostics, a global artificial intelligence (AI) company that turns complex multi-modal pathology data into transformative insights, announced that it has raised $34 million in Series B financing. This additional funding will be used to build new product offerings for biopharmaceutical clients, ...

Eurofins agrees to acquire SYNLAB’s clinical diagnostics operations in Spain

30-Oct-2024 - Eurofins Scientific has reached an agreement with SYNLAB to acquire its clinical diagnostics operations in Spain. The transaction is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in 2025. SYNLAB’s clinical diagnostics operations in Spain provide ...

AI in medicine: new approach for more efficient diagnostics

Researchers have developed a new AI tool that uses imaging data to also detect less frequent diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

28-Oct-2024 - Already used in many areas of medicine, AI has tremendous potential when it comes to helping doctors diagnose diseases with the help of imaging data. However, AI models have to be trained with large numbers of examples, which are generally available in sufficient quantities only for common ...