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    <title>FDA Clearance for Pathogen ID in 90 Mins from Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>AdvanDx has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a fast, 90 minutes protocol for its E. coli / P. aeruginosa PNA FISH and EK/ P. aeruginosa PNA FISH tests.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:20:12 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Staphylococcal Identification in 90 Mins Direct from Positive Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>AdvanDx has received FDA clearance for its S. aureus PNA FISH and S. aureus /CNS PNA FISH tests, faster result is achieved by reducing PNA probe hybridization from 90 minutes to 30 minutes.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:11:43 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for Pathogen ID in 90 Mins Direct from Positive Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>AdvanDx has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a fast, 90 minutes protocol for its E. faecalis /OE PNA FISH test, PNA probe hybridization reduced from 90 mins to 30 mins.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for Rapid Detection of Group B Strep from Lim Broths</title>
    <description>AdvanDx GBS PNA FISH shown to detect up to 42% more positive results than conventional culture methods 1</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 11:03:11 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for EK/P. aeruginosa PNA FISH Identification from Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>AdvanDx has received FDA 510(k) clearance for EK/P. aeruginosa PNA FISH to identify E. coli and/or K. pneumoniae as well as P. aeruginosa directly from positive blood cultures.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:19:22 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Pathogen Identification Results in 90 Minutes Direct from Positive Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>AdvanDx has launched a fast, 90 minutes protocol for all CE-IVD marked PNA FISH tests in Europe.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:25:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA 510(k) Clearance for AdvanDx E. coli/P. aeruginosa PNA FISH</title>
    <description>E. coli / P. aeruginosa PNA FISH is the first-ever test for identifying E. coli and P. aeruginosa directly from positive blood cultures with the easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH diagnostics platform.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:01:07 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>FDA Clearance for PNA FISH- Five Candida Species Direct from Blood Cultures</title>
    <description>The Yeast Traffic Light is the latest addition to AdvanDx´s easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH diagnostics platform that provides rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens in hours instead of days.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Medical Center Implements AdvanDx&#39;s PNA FISH Tests for Bloodstream Infections</title>
    <description>AdvanDx´s PNA FISH tests use the bacterial pathogens´ own genetic material to provide identification results 48 to 72 hours sooner than conventional methods.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:27:48 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH Candida Detection Submitted to FDA</title>
    <description>Yeast Traffic Light adds to AdvanDx&#39;s easy-to-use, molecular-based PNA FISH diagnostics platform that provides rapid identification of bloodstream pathogens in hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/1431h9.php</link>
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    <title>AdvanDx Launches the First LNA-Based Tests for VRSA and VRE</title>
    <description>The vanA/B EVIGENE test combines the high specificity of Locked Nucleic Acid (LNA) probes with EVIGENE, a signal amplified sandwich hybridization assay platform.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Hospital Adopts AdvanDx&#39;s PNA FISH Test to Identify Bloodstream Pathogens in Hours</title>
    <description>The Lee Memorial Health System now uses AdvanDx&#39;s rapid molecular-based assay help reduce death rates for patients afflicted with bloodstream infections.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:41:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/1431h7.php</link>
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    <title>AdvanDx Elects Panagene as Supplier of PNA Probes for Its PNA FISH Diagnostic Products</title>
    <description>AdvanDx, Inc.&#39;s molecular-based tests provide rapid species identification of bacteria and yeast from positive blood cultures in less than three hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/1431h6.php</link>
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    <title>AdvanDx and bioMerieux Partner to Provide Rapid Results for Bloodstream Infections</title>
    <description>AdvanDx, Inc.&#39;s molecular-based tests provide rapid species identification of bacteria and yeast from positive blood cultures in less than three hours.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 12:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Major Study Shows AdvanDx, Inc.&#39;s PNA FISH Reduced Bloodstream Infection Mortality</title>
    <description>Infectious disease specialists at the Washington Hospital Center, have new clinical data showing PNA FISH significantly reduced mortality and hospital costs associated with staphylococcal bloodstream infections.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 14:20:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Identification of  C. albicans  and  C. glabrata  Directly from Positive Blood Culture Bottles</title>
    <description>An abstract at the IDSA 2006 Annual Meeting, describes the use of a dual-color PNA FISH assay to identify Candida albicans and Candida glabrata directly from positive blood culture bottle.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:18:51 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Rapid Species Identification Test Reduces Costs per Patient</title>
    <description>A recently published article describes how rapid species identification from a blood culture reduces antibiotic use and length of hospitalization.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:14:07 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>EVIGENE Provides 3 Hour Detection of Gene Markers in  S. aureus  and Enterococci</title>
    <description>AdvanDx kits for detecting specific antibiotic resistance, virulence, and toxicity markers in Staphylococcus aureus and enterococci.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>PNA FISH Enables Speciation From Blood Culture Bottles</title>
    <description>AdvanDx, Inc. has introduced PNA FISH to the Clinical Labs at Michael Reese Hospital (Chicago) and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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