
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp (NASDAQ:ADPT) shares are trading higher by 12.58% to $7.25 after the company launched T-Detect Lyme, to help diagnose early lyme disease.
Adaptive Biotechnologies says, in a clinical validation study among patients with early Lyme disease, the T-cell test was more accurate than leading antibody tests. T-Detect Lyme has a specificity of ~99% and showed more than 1.5 times greater sensitivity than standard two-tiered testing.