CPTAC Establishes Formal Relationships with Two Academic Institutions in Taiwan

Companies announce a collaboration agreement to develop In Situ Hybridization (ISH) protocols for RNA and DNA targets in tissue using reagents provided by Vitro on Lunaphore’s rapid autostaining platform.

The new test can rapidly screen a drop of blood for biomarkers of pancreatic cancer, and provide results in less than an hour.

Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise to assemble, can test blood glucose levels in diabetic patients or detect viral infection, among other functions.