Items tagged with Diagnostics
Cheaper 'Make in India' diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR (post)
March 6, 2016 - An indigenous and cost-effective diagnostic tool for tuberculosis (TB) is expected to be available in a year, Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) Director General Soumya Swaminathan said. "A Bengaluru-based company has made the new diagnostic tool which is going to be more point-of-care and we hope it will be as good as GeneXpert test," she said on the sidelines of 17th International Congress on Infectious Diseases. "If our evaluation shows positive result, then it may replace GeneXpert. The idea is to reduce the cost and have an indigenous diagnostic tool," Swaminathan said.
Papua New Guinea: Government invests in high quality laboratory for detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis (post)
March 23, 2016 - The National Department of Health (NDoH), in commemoration of World TB Day, is launching the country’s first laboratory for drug susceptibility testing, enabling in-country detection of drug-resistant tuberculosis instead of outsourcing the same offshore.
Researchers develop innovative blood test to predict risk of developing the tuberculosis disease (post)
SEATTLE, March 24, 2016---Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research, the largest independent nonprofit in the U.S. focused solely on infectious disease research, and the South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) (University of Cape Town) recently developed an important blood test that can predict whether a latent (asymptomatic) Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is likely to develop into active tuberculosis disease (TB). These blood biomarkers can predict development of disease by measuring the expression of specific RNAs, which measure gene activity, in the blood. The group’s findings were published in The Lancet, a leading medical journal, and could be developed into a diagnostic for large-scale efforts to screen and preventatively treat the disease.
Looking at the bacteria inside: A new method of viewing TB bacteria (post)
March 23, 2016 - Although tuberculosis (TB) is commonly thought of as being a disease that mainly affects nineteenth century poets and Victor Hugo characters, it is still the second-most common cause of mortality from an infectious disease in the world, killing nearly three people every minute. Every March 24, on World TB Day, the global health community recognizes the work of Robert Koch, who announced on that date in 1882 his discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes TB.
Global team aim for faster, more effective TB diagnosis (post)
As World TB day (24 March) marks global efforts to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health problem by 2035, Oxford University researchers, in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), will lead a new worldwide collaboration called CRyPTIC to speed up diagnosis of the disease.
GHIT Fund announces new investments (post)
Approach shows promise for achieving malaria eradication and tackling rapidly spreading malaria drug resistance; GHIT also announces investments in malaria and tuberculosis diagnostics and new treatments for leishmaniasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.
Comparing TB diagnostic yield in smear/culture and Xpert® MTB/RIF-based algorithms using a non-randomised stepped-wedge design (post)
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Oral swabs for TB diagnosis undergo testing (post)
Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) and the University of Cape Town in South Africa plan to partner on a two-year study to test a lower-cost, simpler and safer method in diagnosing tuberculosis (TB). A $1.02 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the UW will fund the project.
Epistem begins full commercial launch for Genedrive® tuberculosis tests in India despite poor demonstrated sensitivity for TB (post)
Epistem is launching Genedrive®, a test that supposedly allows for the early detection of TB and antibiotic resistance without need for central laboratory facilities. However, in a study published earlier this year Epistem's Genedrive demonstrated very poor sensitivity for TB compared to Xpert and smear microscopy.
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