In a year that has redefined the status of laboratory medicine, the annual AACC meeting delivers a comprehensive programme, spanning more than 200 scientific sessions. It goes without saying that a key focus lies on Covid-19, but the event also covers new AI applications, improved testing techniques, breakthroughs in automation and precision medicine and many more exciting topics. Stay tuned!
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Article • Detecting coronavirus infectionsCovid-19: CRISPR-based test gives GPs quick resultsRecent research in Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) has identified two enzymes that can detect Covid-19 RNA as simply as a pregnancy test Jesús Pla, an eminent microbiologist at the Complutense University in ... |
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Sponsored • In-vitro diagnosticsJoin Mindray at 2020 AACC Virtual EventThe 2020 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo is just around the corner, and this year, we are going virtual! At Mindray, we are dedicated to empowering TRUST through technology, innovation, and commitment to the advances of ... |
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News • New gargle testMass spectrometry to improve Covid testingA UK biotech laboratory has used mass spectrometry in a new approach to coronavirus testing. MAP Sciences developed a gargle test, which collects samples from the back of the throat, and avoids the unpleasant sensation of the current PCR (polymerase ... |
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News • Point-of-care testingepoc NXS Host Mobile Computer for POCT received CE, FDA clearanceSiemens Healthineers announced it has received CE Mark and 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the epoc NXS Host mobile computer. The epoc Blood Analysis System with the new epoc NXS Host offers an easy-to-use, hand-held ... |
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Interview • Rapid diagnosticsThe clinical potential of POCTIn 2019, the Central Laboratory of the Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry at the Klinikum rechts der Isar of the Technical University Munich, headed by Professor Peter B Luppa, organised the 4th of the internationally renowned ... |
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Article • Rapidly meeting a surging demandThe science behind 3-D printed nasal swabsMedical device approved 3-D printers are producing clinically safe and effective nasopharyngeal swabs for COVID-19 testing. A nasal swab may seem rudimentary, but is essential for testing COVID-19. Diagnostic test kits and components – nasal ... |
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Article • High-sensitivity troponin I assaySpeeding up diagnosis of myocardial infarctionThe new generation troponin I assay unveiled by Beckman Coulter is helping improve heart attack diagnosis. Delivering high sensitivity, and rapid result turnaround times, every element of the Access hsTnI assay has been redeveloped and updated, ... |
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Interview • Quality aspectsLab automation – economic aspects and Covid-19The academic teaching Karlsruhe Hospital, at the University of Freiburg, is the largest hospital providing tertiary care in the Middle Upper Rhine Valley. Every year, 63,000 in-patients and 180,000 out-patients are treated in the 1,500-bed facility ... |
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