Spotlighting our presentations at the Precision Medicine World Conference 2023 

Kicking off the new year, the annual Precision Medicine World Conference (PMWC) took place in-person at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California from January 25-27, 2023. PMWC is the largest international meeting of experts dedicated to precision medicine. At this conference, OraSure Technologies, Inc. had speakers on behalf of its subsidiary companies […]

Highlighting our presentations at the Precision Medicine World Conference 2022

Defining precision medicine and its aim  Precision medicine—occasionally referred to as “personalized medicine”—is an approach or medical model that promotes customizing and tailoring healthcare based on an individual’s underlying biological traits. The driving force behind precision medicine is the progress being made in the “big data” movement including genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, microbiomics, and the accompanying […]

Current progress in microbiome biomarker discovery

The human microbiome: defining microbiome biomarkers   The microbiome, home to trillions of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, is comprised of 10-fold more cells than the human body.1 Potentially impacting the health and wellbeing of the host, these microbes directly interact with host cells and metabolic pathways. Researchers profiling the microbiome have begun identifying microbial signatures within […]

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

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.

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

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, probiotics and other products.

The White House announces $121M-plus National Microbiome Initiative