Diagnostic

A new artificial intelligence diagnostic tool developed by KAUST scientists allows doctors to visualize lung damage caused by COVID-19 in more detail. Credit: © 2022 KAUST; Ivan GromichoNew tool reveals hidden features on chest scan images.A new computer-aided diagnostic tool developed by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) scientists could help overcome some of the challenges of monitoring lung health following viral infection.Like other respiratory infections, <span…

China’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns have led to a shortage of a dye widely used in medical scans, prompting U.S. hospitals including the Mayo Clinic to ration supplies, postpone procedures or switch to less optimal imaging.The shortage arose in recent weeks for iodinated contrast media products including Omnipaque, made by General Electric Co. ’s GE Healthcare unit at a plant in Shanghai. Omnipaque is given by intravenous injection to patients before imaging procedures to make internal…

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first nonprescription test that can detect Covid-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The test, developed by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, can be sold directly to consumers online or at retail. A person can collect a nasal-swab sample themselves before sending the sample to Labcorpfor analysis. The test, called the Labcorp Seasonal Respiratory Virus RT-PCR DTC Test, searches for and amplifies the genetic materials of multiple viruses to…

Scientists used tools of genetics research similar to those used in genealogical research to evaluate the diversity of marine life off the California coast.Scientists Announce Comprehensive Regional Diagnostic of Microbial Ocean Life Using DNA TestingLarge-scale ‘metabarcoding’ methods could revolutionize how society understands forces that drive seafood supply and the planet’s ability to remove greenhouse gases.Researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, the J.…