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Building diagnostic capability through people: workforce strengthening
Chantell Hodgson and Lorren Mitchell explain how training and development provided by UK NEQAS Cellular Pathology Technique works to strengthen the cellular pathology workforce.
Point-of-care testing: advantages and challenges
From early applications that saw the development of urine dipsticks, pregnancy and blood glucose testing, to lateral flow COVID devices, point-of-care testing has come far in the past 70 years. Here, Pathology in Practice Science Editor Brian Nation looks at a small selection of work focusing on POCT in the current literature.
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New LIAISON tuberculosis assay improves efficiency and productivity
Diasorin and QIAGEN have announced the launch of the new CE-marked LIAISON QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus II, a next-generation assay that redefines speed and throughput as an aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection on LIAISON analyser systems.
Menarini introduces Coyote FlashDetect PCR device range
Menarini has added Coyote FlashDetect PCR to its range of diagnostic solutions. These scalable rapid PCR devices will enable users to gain high quality results within 35 minutes.
QIAGEN unveils QIAsymphony Connect at AMP 2025
QIAGEN has launched QIAsymphony Connect, the next generation of its widely adopted automated nucleic acid purification platform, at the 2025 AMP (Association for Molecular Pathology) annual meeting.
ProtonDx's Dragonfly evaluated for identifying hidden malaria cases
A new study has shown that Dragonfly, a low-cost, rapid, molecular testing platform is successfully able to detect asymptomatic malaria infections.
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