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FDA approves new stool collection kit of Geneoscopy’s CRC screening test

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an improved stool collection kit of Geneoscopy’s RNA-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, ColoSense. The new kit enhances user ...
MedPage Today

Mail-Order Stool Testing for IBD Favorable to Patients

ORLANDO -- Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) reported mostly favorable responses with the use of mail-order kits for stool sample collections, according to a survey study. Among survey ...
Nature

A Pipeline for Faecal Host DNA Analysis by Absolute Quantification of LINE-1 and Mitochondrial Genomic Elements Using ddPCR

Stool contains DNA shed from cells of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and has great potential as a bio-specimen for non-invasive, nucleic acid-based detection of GI diseases. Whereas methods for ...
Nature

Standardized preservation, extraction and quantification techniques for detection of fecal SARS-CoV-2 RNA

Patients with COVID-19 shed SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool, sometimes well after their respiratory infection has cleared. This may be significant for patient health, epidemiology, and diagnosis. However, ...