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Clinical Accuracy of the Embrace No Code Blood Glucose Management System - Case Study
About the Study: A study was performed to demonstrate the accuracy of the Embrace No Code Blood Glucose Management System (Embrace) compared to a clinical laboratory reference method (YSI-2300). Healthcare professionals performed the evaluation with 158 patients either with or without diabetes. Fresh capillary whole blood was tested using the Embrace system. Results were compared to YSI-2300 ...
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Bio-Me part of unique Nordic IBD initiative
Bio-Me is one of the participants in a new Nordic project that will develop personalized treatment for IBD patients. In December 2018, the Nordic Council’s research department awarded Nordfors 30 million for a research project with the theme of personalized medicine for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The study has been titled NORDTREAT – The Nordic IBD treatment strategy ...
By Bio-Me
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Nanostics is Developing and Validating a Simple Blood Test to Predict Severity of COVID-19 Disease in SARS-CoV-2 Positive Patients
Edmonton, Alberta - Nanostics Inc., a diagnostic healthcare company that focuses on developing tests to determine a patient's disease risk, announced today plans to develop and validate ClarityDX COVID-19; a simple blood test to predict the severity of COVID-19 disease in patients. Nanostics, in collaboration with the Canadian BioSample Repository (CBSR) at the University of Alberta and Century ...
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Home testing for timing of natural frozen embryo transfer (nFET) procedures; a solution for reducing clinic visits during Covid-19
This study sought to determine whether timing of nFET using home ovulation tests (OT) is a viable alternative to multiple clinic visits. Background Natural Frozen Embryo Transfer (nFET) is an increasingly popular procedure as it avoids early embryonic exposure to an artificially created hormonal environment which may be detrimental to pregnancy outcomes.1,2 nFET requires tracking of hormonal ...
By Clearblue
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Biochemical and Clinical Applications of Glucose Oxidase (GOD)
Glucose oxidase (GOD) is a typical oxidoreductase found in honey and molds such as Penicillium notatum. It can highly specifically catalyze the β-D-glucose reaction to generate gluconic acid, which has the function of converting glucose and removing oxygen. Since GOD can quantitatively generate hydrogen peroxide, it is widely used in the field of biochemistry and clinical examination as a ...
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Everything You Want to Know About Horseradish Peroxidase
Peroxidase, usually derived from horseradish, is a common enzyme used in clinical testing reagents. It is widely used not only in several biochemical assays but also in immunoassay (ELISA) kits. As a key component of the color development system of several kits, peroxidase has an important impact on the quality of the kits. Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) is the most commonly used enzyme because ...
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Could a COVID Vaccine threaten an endangered species and impact human health in the process?
What do you find at the intersection of COVID-19 and endangered species? There is a joke in there somewhere, but if you’re drawing a blank I’ll fill it in for you: horseshoe crabs. Yes, believe it or not, these prehistoric, ocean-dwelling creatures may find themselves on the edge of extinction after a COVID-19 vaccine is mass-produced and distributed worldwide. These large, ...
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How to Know if your Blood Sugar is Low
If you go to a doctor regularly, and you should, more than likely you have had your blood tested for sugar levels. A high blood sugar or glucose level can be an indicator for the onset of prediabetes or diabetes. Too much sugar for anyone of any age can be dangerous. But what if you have low blood glucose levels or hypoglycemia? Whether you have diabetes or not low blood sugar levels can be ...
By Genteel LLC
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