IVD Technology

January/February 1999
Selected Contents

Editor's Page

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COVER STORY:

DNA-chip technologies Part 3: What does the future hold?
by Cliff Henke

The commercialization of DNA-chip technologies may depend as much on overcoming regulatory and marketplace hurdles as on advancing technology. This is the last of a three-part series on the emerging technology.

Also:

• Nanogen uses microelectronics for genetic analysis
  —Kieran Gallahue
• Microfluidics emerging at Aclara Biosciences
  —Travis Boone
• Clinical Micro Sensors developing point-of-care molecular diagnostics
  —Daniel H. Farkas
• Incyte's gene expression platform
  —Melinda Baker
• Sequencing technologies at Hyseq
  —Jose C. Carle-Urioste

Focusing the front end of IVD instrument development
by Bill J. Wood and Lindsay T. Wert

For instrumentation projects, a conceptual architecture can be a key tool for communicating product visions and minimizing business risks.

Regulations and standards:
EU starts five-year countdown for the IVD Directive
by Maurizio Suppo

After many years of discussion and negotiation, the European Union has finally approved the long-awaited IVD Directive. Passage of this key piece of medical device legislation will change the way that IVD companies operate in Europe.

Markers

Soluble Markers of Immune System Activation (Part I)—Correlation between HIV-1 Infection and ß2-microglobulin
David George

Keeping up with the rapid progress of clinical research is essential for manufacturers seeking to create therapy-guiding AIDS assays.

News Update:

Readers express optimism for molecular diagnostics
How much will the advent of molecular technologies change the field of in vitro diagnostics? Quite a bit, according to the results of an informal survey.

Abbott plus BDIS equals new hematology analyzer
Take some automated hematology experience from Abbott Diagnostics, add a little immunodiagnostic technology from Becton Dickinson Immunocytometry Systems, and what do you have? A novel, fully automated immunohematology analyzer.

NIST awards fund DNA diagnostic efforts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced the list of companies that will receive grants under its annual Advanced Technology Program competition.