Blood Testing
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for blood testing including platelet function monitors.
News | August 21, 2014
diaDexus Announces FDA Acceptance for Review of 510(k) Submission for PLAC Test for Lp-PLA2 Activity
August 21, 2014 — diaDexus announced it has received notice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that an...
Kemal Akat and colleagues used sensitive RNA sequencing techniques to profile the abundance of microRNAs in samples from healthy people and those suffering from heart failure. They found three RNAs with potential for use as markers of heart injury.
News | August 12, 2014
August 12, 2014 — Like clues to a crime, specific molecules in the body can hint at exposure to toxins, infectious...
Feature | July 02, 2014
July 2, 2014 — LipoScience Inc. announced the publication of the first large-scale real world study evidencing a link...
News | June 23, 2014
June 23, 2014 — BG Medicine Inc. earlier this year announced the issuance of patent 8,672,857, titled “Galectin-3 and...
News | May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 — Alere announced a class I recall of its INRatio2 PT/INR professional test strips, part of the Alere...
Feature | May 22, 2014 | Szilard Voros, M.D.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States in both men and women...
News | April 24, 2014
April 24, 2014 — Singulex Inc. presented new data at the American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention Council...
News | April 23, 2014
April 23, 2014 — Philips Healthcare has completed its first field study for its Minicare handheld cardiac Troponin-I (...
News | April 17, 2014
April 17, 2014 — Data presented from two meta-analyses using the Atherotech Vertical Auto Profile (VAP) lipid panel...
News | April 15, 2014
April 15, 2014 — Roughly one out of three children screened for high cholesterol between the ages of 9 and 11 has...
News | April 10, 2014
April 10, 2014 — Patients presenting to the emergency department with an undetectable level of the blood biomarker high...
News | April 09, 2014
April 9, 2014 — LipoScience Inc. announced data showing that patients managed to a target LDL particle (LDL-P) number,...
News | March 27, 2014
March 27, 1014 — Atherotech Diagnostics Lab opened its patient service center in Sarasota, Fla. A physician open house...
News | March 10, 2014
March 10, 2014 — Without administering a simple blood test in the first few days after surgery, 85 percent of the heart...
Technology | February 18, 2014
February 18, 2014 — HealthMed Holdings completed validation on a blood test that aims to identify individuals who are...
