News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Apatagen is developing the aptamer-based test to diagnose human carriers of pork tapeworm and prevent neurocysticercosis, which causes adult-onset epilepsy.
The companies are developing a blood-based assay for differentiating lung cancer from benign disease in patients testing positive in low-dose CT screens.
The grants were awarded through the organization's Diagnostic Accelerator, a partnership between the charity and various philanthropic partners.
The Dutch companies will use sequencing- and machine learning-based methods to quantify genomic instability-causing mutations in blood cells.
Called Ion, the system combines low magnification, high-resolution imaging with a proprietary image analysis algorithm for rapid pathogen detection.
