Blood test could revolutionize celiac disease testing: 6 GI industry key notes

Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Micro-Tech Endoscopy released its Napoleon measuring device, a ruler that sits next to a lesion during a colonoscopy to allow for more accurate polyp measurements.

A new blood test can detect celiac disease with 95 percent accuracy without requiring a biopsy, in what could be a breakthrough for diagnostic testing.

Austin, Texas-based providers Ascension Seton and UT Health Austin created a clinical partnership to offer gastrointestinal care, UT Health announced Sept. 24.

Thomas Riley, MD, joined Wyoming, Mich.-based Metro Health-University of Michigan Health's gastroenterology department.

Alaa Atiech, DO, and Kumar Venkatachalam, MD, joined Hobart, Ind.-based St. Mary Medical Center and the Community Care Network at St. Mary Medical Center, respectively.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC added Stacy Prall, DO, to its Digestive Disease Centers in Williamsport, Pa., and Muncy, Pa.

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