News & Press
“I am privileged to be able to serve our medical community in a way that makes our care of patients with gastrointestinal diseases better””
September 2023
During this webinar, Shauna Schroeder, MD, MS, presented information about unsedated endoscopy and monitoring options for eosinophilic disorders, including the esophageal string test. Dr. Schroeder discussed the different types of diagnostic tools that are available, how they work, and when they are used, with a focus on the esophageal string test.
August 2023
A patient advocate living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and a feeding specialist living with EoE who serves on APFED’s Health Sciences Advisory Council talk with our lead developers, Drs. Robin Shandas and Steven Ackerman.
March 2023
Clinical Trial Underway to Evaluate the EnteroTracker® for Home-Based Screening of BE and Esophageal Cancer
December 2022
The Esophageal String Test® Provides Comparable Sensitivity and Specificity to Endoscopy with Biopsy for Monitoring Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
OCTOBER 2022
The Esophageal String Test® Launches at Multiple Pediatric Hospitals in the United States
JULY 2022
Biomarkers Captured from the Esophageal String Test® Correlate with Epithelial and Functional Remodeling in EoE Patients
JUNE 2022
The 1-Hour Esophageal String Test® Follows Treatment Changes in Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE)
May 2022
Clinical Validation of the EnteroTracker® Presented at the 2021 NASPGHAN Annual Meeting
APRIL 2022
CMO Glenn Furuta, MD accepts Harry Shwachman Award at the 2021 North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) annual meeting
October 2019
In a five-center clinical trial on 134 adults and children, the Esophageal String Test® showed excellent correlation to biopsy results and distinguished active from inactive eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE)