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Validation of our viral metagenomics sequencing and analysis pipeline for SARS-CoV-2 detection

04.03.20

In this article we’re sharing results from the validation study scientists at Diversigen and DNA Genotek undertook to ensure Diversigen’s viral metagenomics capabilities could be leveraged to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would

05.11.20

OraSure Technologies, Inc. announces that its Diversigen and CoreBiome subsidiaries have combined their microbiome service offerings under the Diversigen name. The rebrand highlights the combined companies’ unparalleled scientific bench strength, state-of-the-art laboratory, ability to translate data to insights and collective focus on quality and service. Investor Contact: Roberto Cuca Chief

01.07.20

Acquisition extends OraSure’s leadership position in the microbiome services industry BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a leader in point of care diagnostic tests and specimen collection and stabilization devices, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the outstanding equity of

12.17.19

CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 17, 2019 — Prescient Metabiomics, a subsidiary of Prescient Medicine Holdings, Inc., and CoreBiome, a wholly owned subsidiary of OraSure Technologies, Inc., announced today a collaboration to develop a new test called LifeKit® Prevent, which may represent a microbiome-driven paradigm shift in colon cancer screening. According to the American Cancer

10.21.19

Resistome profiling poses several advantages over PCR or qPCR alone. No prior knowledge of the ARGs of interest is needed in resistome profiling as all the sequences are being compared to curated and updated reference databases. This comparison enables the simultaneous and global characterization of the potential ARGs present

07.31.19

“The virome is comprised of endogenous retroviruses, eukaryotic viruses, and bacteriophages and is increasingly being recognized as an essential part of the human microbiome. The human virome is associated with Type-1 diabetes (T1D), Type-2 diabetes (T2D), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, and cancer. Increasing evidence

07.31.19

“Inflammatory bowel diseases, which include Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, affect several million individuals worldwide. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are complex diseases that are heterogeneous at the clinical, immunological, molecular, genetic, and microbial levels.” Read More

04.25.19

Today, CoreBiome announced that leading microbiome researcher Rob Knight, Professor and Director of the Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego, will be joining its scientific advisory board. As an investigator on the National Institutes of Health Human Microbiome Project and a co-founder of the

12.05.18

Nature Communications publishes new research from Joseph Petrosino, PhD, Diversigen Founder and Chief Science Officer, and other leading researchers. Using multidisciplinary approaches, the research report shows that a complex interplay between human milk oligosaccharid[es (HMOs), milk microbiome, and infant gut microbiome impacts neonatal rotavirus infections.

10.26.16

Topping the 11th annual list is the harnessing of the microbiome, the gut bacteria swarming in all of us. Recent discoveries have revealed the power of microbes to prevent, diagnose and treat disease. The healthcare industry will soon be pouring resources into addressing the potential for new therapies, diagnostics,

Validation of our viral metagenomics sequencing and analysis pipeline for SARS-CoV-2 detection

OraSure Technologies, Inc. Consolidates Microbiome Services Subsidiaries

OraSure Technologies, Inc. Announces Purchase of Diversigen

Prescient Metabiomics and CoreBiome collaborating to develop breakthrough colon cancer screening test

New White Paper on Resistome Profiling

Diversigen bioinformatics team publishes review on the human virome and disease

“Multi-omics of the gut microbial ecosystem in inflammatory bowel diseases”

CoreBiome adds leading microbiome researcher Rob Knight as Scientific Advisor

Nature Communications publishes new research showing that Human milk oligosaccharides, milk microbiome and infant gut microbiome modulate neonatal rotavirus infection

Cleveland Clinic today announced the Top 10 Medical Innovations of 2017 at a multi-media presentation that climaxed the 2016 Medical Innovation Summit.