News & Events

News Brief: Nanosphere Secures Financing to Support Continued Growth and Innovation

Jun 3, 2015 | Nanosphere News

"Today, I am very pleased to report that we recently closed a substantial round of financing which we believe provides a path for our continued build into a world class molecular diagnostics company." -Mike McGarrity, President and CEO, Nanosphere, Inc.

Peer-to-Peer: Why My Lab Chose Verigene RP Flex

May 17, 2015 | Nanosphere News

At last month’s Clinical Virology Symposium in Daytona Beach, FL, Angie Silva, MT(ASCP), Microbiology Manager at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction, CO, shared her experience working with Verigene RP Flex (RUO) and her lab’s plans for implementing the test upon FDA clearance.

News Brief: 14 New Verigene Studies Presented at CVS and ECCMID 2015

May 8, 2015 | Nanosphere News

Last month, 14 studies from U.S. and international healthcare institutions were presented at the annual Clinical Virology Symposium (CVS) in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark.

News Brief: Recent Outbreaks of Drug-Resistant Shigella Underscore Need for Rapid Testing

Apr 9, 2015 | Nanosphere News

A strain of a highly contagious Shigella has caused more than 200 gastrointestinal illnesses in the United States since last May, with large outbreaks recently occurring in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California. Outbreaks of Shigella, the bacteria that causes shigellosis, are not uncommon, but health officials are concerned about the spread of this particular strain due to its drug-resistant nature.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: A pandemic in the making

Apr 1, 2015 | Infectious Disease News

The impact of antibiotic resistance is not trivial. The CDC published a threat report in 2013 demonstrating that approximately 2 million Americans contract an antibiotic-resistant infection annually, 23,000 of whom die as a direct result of these infections.

One Sample, Multiple Results: The Use of Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis of Infectious Syndromes

Apr 1, 2015 | Clinical Laboratory News

Once confined to research and reference laboratories, molecular test methods for the diagnosis of infectious diseases have become part of routine testing algorithms in clinical laboratories of all sizes.