FDA Approves Teal Wand as First At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening
Teal Health, the company manufacturing and distributing the test, says thousands of women are already on a waiting list for the assay
Diagnostic Testing and Emerging Technologies
Keeps You Up-to-Date on New Diagnostic Tests, Testing Trends and Opportunities, and Emerging Test Technologies
How to Better Harmonize Lab Test Results
Unharmonized and unstandardized test results can affect patient care. Here are steps that clinical labs can take to resolve this problem
Rethinking Lyme Disease Testing: A New Approach to Early Detection
New research marks a promising step toward rethinking how we identify and manage Lyme disease and related infections in the clinical lab
Seeing Past the AI Hype
Artificial intelligence won’t take your job—but what are the real concerns around healthcare AI and its use?
AI: The Newest Member of the Lab Team?
AI is an increasingly useful tool in pathology—but its full value can only be realized in collaboration with human experts.
Expert Q&A: Developments in Noninvasive Prenatal Testing
Diana W. Bianchi, MD, discusses how NIPT has evolved, key challenges, as well as her team’s research on using these tests to detect cancer.
Which Test? Choosing the Best Approach to Diagnosing Rare Disease
Genomic sequencing is almost twice as likely to yield a diagnostic result, but lags behind panel testing in speed, cost, and concordance.
Streamlining Lab Operations with Software Automation
Using LIMS and no-code solutions can unlock opportunities for efficiency.
Pursuing the PFAS Problem
Tackling the challenges of “forever chemicals” in the diagnostics industry.
The Diagnostics Pipeline: Diagnostics Make Up One-Third of Total 2023 Recalls
With recent test recalls announced by Universal Medtech and QuidelOrtho, such products now make up one-third of 2023 total recalls listed by the FDA.
What Are the Latest CFTR Carrier Screening Recommendations?
New ACMG recommendations aim to make CFTR carrier detection more equitable among a wider range of ancestries.
Diagnostic Error: What Harm Can It Do?
Research reveals that diagnostic error in the US may cause up to 800,000 serious outcomes annually.
The Diagnostics Pipeline: FDA Proceeds without Congress Over LDTs Reform
The agency recently sent its own proposed LDTs regulation rule to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review.
