In Depth 27 Jul 2022 The race to uncloak cancer with liquid biopsies Until recently, cancer detection depended on invasive solid tissue sampling that didn’t provide a complete picture. An emerging crowd of biotechs is making it easier to detect and monitor cancer with liquid biopsies. The notion that a person’s blood can reveal a wealth of health information looked so shiny that the infamous blood diagnostics company […] July 27, 2022 - 10 minutesmins - By Editorial Team Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 17 Apr 2018 How Low Can the Price of a Next Generation DNA Sequencer Go? The next generation of DNA sequencers has arrived, and with it, a clash of titans: Illumina, Thermo Fisher and Qiagen are all competing for the clinical diagnostics market. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) companies are redefining DNA sequencing. What began as small-scale PCR and Sanger sequencing efforts have now mushroomed into a $20Bn market with broad medical implications for […] April 17, 2018 - 5 minutesmins - By External Contributor Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 1 Feb 2018 New Diagnostic Tests On the Way as Qiagen Snaps Up a Spanish Biotech Qiagen will acquire Spanish biotech STAT-Dx for up to €153M – more than 3 times the total funding it has raised so far – to produce fast and effective diagnostic tests for infections and cancer. Molecular diagnostics company Qiagen has agreed to acquire STAT-Dx, a Spanish biotech that focuses on developing tools to provide fast […] February 1, 2018 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 30 Nov 2017 Qiagen Joins French Biotech to Build the Next Generation of Microbiome Technology Biomillenia harnesses the power of bacteria to keep the body healthy. The biotech has joined forces with Qiagen to develop microbiome-on-a-chip technology. Scientists around the world believe that the microbiome could hold the key to human health. One company in this area, Biomillenia, develops microbial strains from previously unculturable microbiomes to unlock its full potential. The company has now […] November 30, 2017 - 3 minutesmins - By Alex Dale Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email