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New Test Promises to Clarify Unknown Cancer Diagnoses

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2008-08-01 08:09:35 by Michael in Medgadget
The days of "Carcinoma of Unknown Primary Origin" diagnoses are coming to an end. The Food and Drug Administration has just announced clearance for marketing of a new genetic test, dubbed Pathwork Tissue of Origin test, from Pathwork Diagnostics , Inc., a Sunnyvale, CA firm. The test is based on a microarray technology to analyze thousands of...
 
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At Home Paternity Test Available Over The Counter

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2008-03-27 08:54:12 by Michael in Medgadget
Identigene of Salt Lake City is now selling their $150 mail-in DNA paternity tests at RiteAid stores across the wild nation, with the exception of stores in New York state. "Over-the-counter sales offers a completely new marketing channel for DNA testing. It makes the process more convenient and affordable while ensuring reliability and...
 
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Using the latest Firefox or Internet Explorer? See if your browser passes the Acid 2 Test

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2008-03-13 14:15:09 by Gad in GadgetLite Blog
What is the Acid 2 Test Acid2 is a test suite published and promoted by the Web Standards Project to identify web page rendering flaws in browsers and authoring tools. Acid2 was released on April 12, 2005. It has been developed in the spirit of the Acid1 test from 1998. The Acid tests test many features on a single page and report test results...
 
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Simple DIY Blood Type Test Kit

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2007-12-30 11:53:19 by Anton in Blog of Wishes
Do you know your own blood type? Usually you have to make a special medical test in order to know your own blood type, but not anymore. Thanks to this simple and not expensive DIY kit you can now find what is your blood type at home in just a few minutes. You just need to take a few drops of your own blood and put it on a special card, then...
 
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FDA OK's Real-Time Test for Respiratory Viruses

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2008-01-18 20:40:43 by Michael in Medgadget
ProFlu+ test from Milwaukee based Prodesse , Inc. is a multiplex real-time PCR assay to simultaneously detect and differentiate influenza A , influenza B and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The test has just been approved for marketing by the FDA, and was CE Mark'ed by the European Union in the past. The company touts that it is "the first...
 
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Another HER2 Test Receives FDA Approval

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2008-07-16 11:50:26 by Michael in Medgadget
The FDA has given Invitrogen pre-market approval for company's new test for the HER2 gene, commonly expressed in breast cancer patients. The kit is based on a technology called chromogenic in situ hybridization (CISH). The test uses a DNA probe for the HER2 gene, which is amplified in 18 to 30 percent of breast cancers and predicts whether a...
 
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Test your ISP and see if youre actually getting the speed you paid for

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2007-12-11 21:50:03 by Kinster in GadgetLite Blog
Many of us often experience problems with our internet service, too slow, not working, cant access the sites we need at the time they are most needed, etc What do we usually do about this? Usually the average internet user ends up no knowing what is happening and restarting their system, or unplugging the internet cables and reconnecting them...
 
Tags: speed, test, broadband speed meter, isp, popular, isps customer services, sites, poor broadband quality, tech sites
 
 
 
 
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NTT DoCoMo Test 250 Mbps Over High-Speed Wireless Network

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2008-03-26 22:45:40 by Patrick Birmingham in Cell Phone Digest
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it has recorded a downlink transmission rate of 250Mbps over a high-speed wireless network in an outdoor test of an experimental Super 3G system for mobile communications DoCoMo has been field-testing and refining its experimental Super 3G system using an actual wireless environment near its R&D labs in...
 
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First Quick MRSA Test Approved

2008-01-11 22:22:57 by Michael in Medgadget
 
The FDA just gave approval to the first quick test for drug resistant staph infections, known as MRSA. The product is made by Becton, Dickinson and Co. of Franklin Lake, NJ. The BD GeneOhm StaphSR Assay uses molecular methods to identify whether a blood sample contains genetic material from the MRSA bacterium or the more common, less dangerous...
 
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