Perspectives and challenges in validating new diagnostic technologies

Abstract

This paper focuses on several new diagnostic technologies, which are set to dominate the testing landscape in the near future and have applications in animal health diagnostics, namely: next-generation sequencing, assays to detect biomarkers, and point-of-care tests. An example of real-time, loop-mediated isothermal amplification validation is also provided. Validating these new technologies presents several challenges, which are addressed in this paper.