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Dermatology

New test may guide treatment of common skin diseases

New test may guide treatment of common skin diseases

Dermatologists routinely do skin biopsies to figure out what’s wrong with their patients. They study tissue under a microscope – looking at the structure of cells, but a Charlottesville company says doctors could treat disease more precisely by looking at genetics.

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Nephrology

Cardiology

Heart Disease Blood Test

Heart Disease Blood Test

Ampel Bio-Solutions is working on a blood test that can find out if a person carries traits that may put them at higher risk of developing heart disease.

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Fibromyalgia

Experimental Blood Test Could Improve Fibromyalgia Treatment

Experimental Blood Test Could Improve Fibromyalgia Treatment

A small pilot study suggests an experimental blood test for fibromyalgia – called FibroGENE — could be used to determine which drug works best for each patient. Researchers at AMPEL BioSolutions and Duke University Medical Center found genetic biomarkers in the blood cells of 18 lupus patients with fibromyalgia-like symptoms.

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AMPEL BioSolutions’ Breakthrough Predicts Drug Options for Fibromyalgia

AMPEL BioSolutions’ Breakthrough Predicts Drug Options for Fibromyalgia

AMPEL BioSolutions announced a breakthrough in precision and personalized medicine that could revolutionize the way doctors treat chronic pain syndromes, such as fibromyalgia. Revealed in the peer-reviewed journal Lupus Science and Medicine, the paper details AMPEL’s breakthrough approach to characterize the underlying disease activity from gene expression data obtained from patient blood samples.

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COVID

Genomic tests help doctors treat COVID-19 and long COVID

Genomic tests help doctors treat COVID-19 and long COVID

With many COVID-19 treatments now available, a simple blood test can show doctors the best route to take. Charlottesville’s AMPEL BioSolutions says it can predict and detect the severity of a COVID-19 infection, as well as how to help a patient through its new genomic test called CovGENE.

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