HPV tests for home use
11.09.2025
HPV tests for home use: what if cervical cancer screenings could simply be sent to your home by mail?
Tiny labs enhance rapid diagnostics
20.02.2025
Imagine a tiny lab fitting in your hand, delivering critical diagnoses within just one hour.
Point-of-care tests – fit for the future
11.11.2024
In our video tour at MEDICA 2024, we talk to some manufacturers who specialize in these indispensable diagnostic tools.
The University of Texas at El Paso
Low-cost biochip for rapid cancer detection developed at UTEP
08.11.2024
UTEP’s Dr. Xiujun Li develops low-cost, portable biochip that detects colorectal and prostate cancer in under an hour.
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Easier way to test blood at the bedside
23.10.2024
CU Boulder develops handheld sound-wave device for blood biomarker detection - delivers sensitive results in under 70 minutes.
Sylvester Cancer
Mouthwash test for predicting head and neck cancer recurrence
18.10.2024
Study from Sylvester Cancer Center, UCSD & partners finds mouthwash-based test may predict head and neck cancer recurrence.
Okos Diagnostics
Rapid tests with biomaterials
27.08.2024
Okos Diagnostics has set itself the goal of reducing the amount of waste with a sustainable rapid test solution.
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DIANA: Alliance for innovative point-of-care tests
23.07.2024
To improve local medical care through point-of-care tests (PoCT), 80 partners from industry and research in Saxony and Thuringia have joined forces to form the DIANA (Diagnostics and Sustainability) alliance. Dr. Dirk Kuhlmeier coordinates the alliance.
Portable diagnostic device for early detection of deep vein thrombosis
19.06.2024
A new EU-funded project called ThrombUS+ aims to detect vein thrombosis at an early stage. Vein thrombosis poses a significant health risk, often occurring without symptoms and potentially leading to life-threatening pulmonary embolisms. The project is developing a portable solution that enables continuous monitoring and immediate detection.
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Laboratory medicine in transition
16.04.2024
At World Laboratory Day, April 23, we highlight current trends that continue to shape lab work.
Raman sensor system in monitoring
04.04.2024
A Raman sensor system opens new monitoring possibilities of health, offering a non-invasive insight.
EU-Funded Project PAIR improves pandemic preparedness
08.02.2024
The EU-funded project PAIR has just started in Copenhagen with the participation of 20 partners from seven countries. This five-year project aims to ensure that Europe possesses the expertise and capabilities for advanced point-of-care systems and prognostic models based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Pre-eclampsia diagnosis in focus
22.12.2023
Start-up MOMM Diagnostics is developing a diagnostic tool to help detect pre-eclampsia quickly and accurately.
eHealth, mHealth, AI, and much more – Highlight tour in the MEDICA START-UP PARK
13.11.2023
Every year, the MEDICA START-UP PARK attracts a lot of visitors. Young, up-and-coming companies present their products here – often for the first time ever. This stand has already been the starting point for the success stories of some companies that are now internationally active. At MEDICA 2023, we are once again taking the opportunity to talk to promising start-ups.
Brandon Martin/Rice University
Affordable global health technologies for early cancer detection
06.11.2023
A Rice University-led collaboration from three continents has won up to a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a premier research center in the Texas Medical Center to develop affordable, effective point-of-care (POC) technologies that improve early cancer detection in low-resource settings in the United States and other countries.
InfectoGnostics
InfectoGnostics study: Benefits of on-site tests in general practices
05.09.2023
General practitioners (GP) regularly use on-site rapid tests because they find their application useful. However, frequent utilisation fails due to costs and remuneration regulations. These are the results of a study by InfectoGnostics researchers at the University Hospital Jena in the project "POCT-ambulant", in which 292 GPs in Thuringia, Bremen and Bavaria participated.
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Revolutionizing virus detection: the power of AI and CRISPR
04.07.2023
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists and researchers have been tirelessly working to develop innovative and accurate tests to identify the presence of viruses. One breakthrough technology that has emerged is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and CRISPR, which has revolutionized virus detection.
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AI helps create better, simpler hepatitis, COVID-19 tests
11.05.2023
University of Florida scientists have used artificial intelligence tools to simplify a test that works for both hepatitis C and SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The simplified test happens in one small test tube in just a few minutes.
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Nanobiosensor developed for detecting SARS-CoV-2
04.04.2023
Infection and immunity status of the population are considered key parameters for handling pandemics. For this purpose, detecting antigens and antibodies is of great importance. The devices currently used for this purpose - what are known as point-of-care (POC) devices- are one option for rapid screening. Their sensitivity, however, needs further improvement.