Utilizing firefly liquid handling for laboratory developed tests
In this interview, News Medical speaks with SPT Labtech about utilizing the firefly for Laboratory Developed Tests (LDT), specifically for the field of NGS library prep-based LDT.
UK Aid awards funding to Oxford Vaccine Group for research into prevention of five epidemic threats
Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG), which led the rapid clinical development of the Oxford vaccine in COVID-19 in the pandemic, has been awarded a total of £7,788,783 by UK Aid for…
Millions in opioid settlement funds sit untouched as overdose deaths rise
Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state's opioid overdose…
As foundation for ‘excited delirium’ diagnosis cracks, fallout spreads
When Angelo Quinto's family learned that officials blamed his 2020 death on "excited delirium," a term they had never heard before, they couldn't believe it. To them, it was obvious…
Is maternal cannabis exposure associated with increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes related to placental function?
Researchers assessed the relationship between maternal cannabis use and adverse pregnancy outcomes linked to placental function.
Trajectories of cigarette smoking and physical activity between early adolescence and adulthood
Population subgroups with similar behavioral patterns between adolescence and adulthood.
Can vitamin C reduce the severity of the common cold?
The effect of vitamin C supplementation on common cold severity and duration.
Are COVID-19 outcomes, including severe COVID-19 and persistent symptoms, associated with economic hardship among US families?
Researchers investigated the relationship between COVID-19 health outcomes, economic hardship during the pandemic, and pre-pandemic socioeconomic status in United States families.
Dietary and lifestyle interventions for reducing cardiometabolic risk in PCOS
Dietary and lifestyle interventions that might help reduce cardiometabolic risk in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
The ability of the AI chatbot GPT-4 to appropriately perform probabilistic reasoning in diagnosis vs a large survey of human clinicians
Researchers evaluated the proficiency of Generative Pre-trained Transformer 4 (GPT-4) AI in probabilistic reasoning compared to human clinicians by assessing pretest and posttest probability estimates in diagnostic cases.