The COVID-19 pandemic brought the term "Polymerase Chain Reaction testing" into the mainstream. The PCR method is a type of nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) that detects a pathogen by finding ...

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Dec. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator and exporter, announces the expansion of its portfolio ...

Federal regulators have authorized a new at-home test that can detect COVID-19, the flu, and other respiratory ailments. They say the test can help prevent the spread of these illnesses. They note, ...

The system is intended for use in urgent care clinics, primary care settings, physician office laboratories, and pharmacies.

A new preprint describes a single-step molecular diagnostic test for the presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection caused by the Omicron variant that is behind ...

Point-of-care-testing for suspected COVID-19 reduces time to results and may improve infection control, suggesting these tests might have clinical advantages over widely used laboratory PCR methods.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The BD MAX Respiratory Viral Panel detected and differentiated between influenza A and B respiratory syncytial ...

Syndromic reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests for respiratory infections were associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs, implicating potential for improved ...

Researchers in South Korea developed a plasmonic isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) array chip, the world's first plasmonic isothermal PCR technology which can detect 8 types of ...

Multiplexed SARS-CoV-2, Influenza A/B, and RSV and Poliovirus Typing Assays (1, 2 and 3) for the Bio-Rad, QIAGEN, and Thermo PCR Platforms FORT COLLINS, Colo., Dec. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GT ...