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Portable tuberculosis test achieves 100% sensitivity and specificity in clinical samples

Princeton University and collaborators have developed SHINE-TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from ...
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Research indicates lowering FIT positivity thresholds improves sensitivity, specificity comparable to mt-sRNA testing

Lowering the fecal immunochemical test (FIT) positive threshold yields levels of sensitivity and specificity that are comparable to those reported for multitarget stool RNA (mt-sRNA) testing without ...
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Next-Generation Cologuard® Test Demonstrates High Sensitivity and Specificity in Pivotal BLUE-C Study, Significantly Outperforming Fecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) for ...

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ: EXAS), a leading provider of cancer screening and diagnostic tests, today announced late-breaking data from the pivotal ...
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Improving the Sensitivity-Specificity Balance of Human Papillomavirus Testing on Self- and Clinician-Collected Samples in South Africa

Women living with and without HIV, age 30-65 years, were recruited in South Africa. Self-collected vaginal samples and clinician-collected cervical samples were tested with Xpert HPV, an assay that ...
BMJ

2.21 The test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the SCAT-3 for sideline testing

First Round Abstract Submissions 2) Sideline Screening 2.21 The test-retest reliability, sensitivity and specificity of the SCAT-3 for sideline testing Kimberly Harmon 1, Bridget Whelan 1, Douglas ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Next-Generation Multitarget Stool DNA Test for Colorectal Cancer Screening

A next-generation multitarget stool DNA test, including assessments of DNA molecular markers and hemoglobin level, was developed to improve the performance of colorectal cancer screening, primarily ...