Items tagged with Diagnostics

New test for TB could save thousands of lives (post)

A new urine-based test‚ similar to those used to determine pregnancy‚ being used to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) could save thousands of lives in SA. Researchers from the University of Cape Town found that the TB-LAM urine test was a "simple and inexpensive" way to test for TB among hospitalised patients with HIV.

ASU-led team develops blood-based test to rapidly diagnose TB (post)

Tuberculosis, once better known as consumption for the way its victims wasted away, has a long and deadly history, with estimates indicating it may have killed more people than any other bacterial pathogen.

Epigem joins forces with Northumbria University to develop TB testing kit (post)

Leading micro-engineering company Epigem announced a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership with Northumbria University to develop a cost-effective tuberculosis (TB) testing kit. 

Diagnosis of smear-negative TB is greatly improved by Xpert MTB/RIF (post)

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Artificial intelligence may help diagnose TB in remote areas (post)

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Researchers are training artificial intelligence models to identify tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays, which may help screening and evaluation efforts in TB-prevalent areas with limited access to radiologists, according to a new study appearing online in the journal Radiology.

Scientists develop a quick, cheap and portable test for diagnosing TB (post)

A microchip-based test developed by A*STAR researchers can diagnose tuberculosis in 15 minutes. The test meets the speed, cost, accessibility and disposal standards recommended by the World Health Organization for detecting the deadly disease.

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the stool of HIV sero-positive individuals suspected of pulmonary TB (post)

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Researchers develop protocol to analyze many cells at once (post)

Rutgers researchers have developed a new way to analyze hundreds of thousands of cells at once, which could lead to faster and more accurate diagnoses of illnesses, including tuberculosis and cancers.

Médecins Sans Frontières TB field research in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (post)

TB diagnostic technique wins international award (post)

A Massey University genomics specialist has received an international award for developing a diagnostic technique for TB in Myanmar.