Screening multiple samples with a single test gets more people diagnosed using fewer supplies. Two health policy researchers explain how it works and how it could help the US.
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A molecular biologist explains who should get tested, how the tests work and what the US government is doing to make tests available during a rapidly changing crisis.
Superfast DNA analysis is now being used to crack medical mysteries when physicians can't figure out whether an infectious microbe is causing the disease.
The increased demand for home-based diagnostic tests calls for stricter regulation.
We cannot end TB with century-old technologies and poor quality care. It is time to reinvent the way we are managing TB, and overcome our collective failures of the imagination.
The World Health Organization has made bold progress by including many tests for non-communicable diseases on its new 'Essential Diagnostics List.'
Even though you don’t think of your mobile phone as being anything like a microscope, it’s got almost all the parts you need.
When it comes to fighting antimicrobial resistance, most of the focus is on bacteria. But we'd be foolish to forget about fungi.
If you're not sure why you need a urine test or the right way to collect a sample, here's what you need to know.
Public health experts enlist the molecular biology tools that create genetically modified organisms – as well as the GMOs themselves – in the fight against emerging infectious diseases.
Developments in miniaturisation can give us point-of-care tests for grave conditions such as cancer and heart disease.
Labor's shadow health minister Catherine King, said that the government has "cut bulk-billing payments for pathology and diagnostic imaging to make patients pay more". Is that right?
Theranos has had medical laboratory experts scratching their heads for some time. What the company was promising just didn't make a lot of sense.
Humans can only do so much when it comes to diagnosing what's wrong with a patient. So why not let machines take over? They learn faster than humans and never retire.
While the extent of the problem is unclear, we know that hospitals doctors overuse diagnostic tests. Involving patients in decision-making may be one of the best options for improving the situation.
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Pathology, UNSW
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW
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Professor of Medicine, Dartmouth College
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Biology, Harvard University
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Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Orthopaedic Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University
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PhD researcher, Loughborough University
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Director of Global Health & Professor, McGill University
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Quintiles Professor of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Academic Research Manager, Princess Alexandra Hospital Southside Clinical Unit, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
