Infectious Disease Diagnostics – News and Features

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QIAGEN to Supply Molecular Screening Solutions to Increase Safety of Blood Donations in Brazil
The supply agreement covers molecular sample and assay technologies for a national PCR-based blood screening program for HIV and HCV.

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QIAGEN to Supply Molecular Screening Solutions to Increase Safety of Blood Donations in Brazil
The agreement to supply molecular sample and assay technologies for a PCR-based blood screening program for HIV HCV in Brazil.

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Einstein Researchers Discover Protein that Contributes to Cancer Spread
Researchers have identified a protein, called Menainv, which is a candidate for a metastatic breast cancer marker.

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UI Leads Discovery of Gene Associated with Epilepsy
The University of Iowa-led study has found a new gene associated with the brain disorder that could help in overall epilepsy treatment.

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Nanogen Partners with Menarini to Capture European Molecular Diagnostic Market
Both parties collaborate to commercialize CE marked IVD infectious disease kits based on Nanogen’s proprietary MGB technology.

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Nobel Prize to HPV Researcher Highlights Importance of Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention
The Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the causal link between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer has spurred lifesaving prevention technologies – such as HPV testing and HPV vaccines - that are helping to eradicate cervical cancer globally.

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Personalized Medicine Coalition Applauds FDA Move
PMC appreciates the U.S. FDA’s decision to expand the black box warning on abacavir, a drug used to treat HIV infection.

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BD Announces CE Marking of a New Molecular Test to Diagnose Patients with Clostridium difficile Infections
CE marked under the European In Vitro Diagnostics Directive for the identification of toxigenic Clostridium difficile.

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Schering-Plough and OraSure Sign International Collaboration for Point-of-Care Oral Hepatitis C Test
New agreement provides for development and promotion of OraQuick® HCV test outside the United States.

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Quidel Announces Exclusive Licenses to Molecular Antiviral Resistance and Detection Technology for Influenza
Both technologies are developed by scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder in close collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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