However, the novelty of LAMP technology is that it can amplify viral material without the complex temperature cycling required by PCR testing. The main problem with LAMP diagnostics has been ...

Visby Medical, a startup in Silicon Valley, last week became the first company to receive an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a portable PCR coronavirus test kit, ...

Ever since the omicron variant arrived in the US, there’s been a testing shortage in the country. Stuck between long lines at dedicated clinics and overly expensive at-home tests, many Americans have ...

A new AI-assisted molecular diagnostic platform capable of identifying variants of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases has been developed by scientists in the UK. The low cost, portable device ...

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minute Molecular Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid DASH ...

Recall, if you dare, life in December 2020. America had just approved Covid-19 vaccines for use, but most of us wouldn’t get a shot for months. Instead, amid the second surge of coronavirus cases, ...

For three pandemic years, people with runny noses and fevers have sweated out a tough question: “Is this COVID, which has killed more than a million Americans, or is it a more familiar flu?” Many of ...

A point-of-care COVID-19 test developed by researchers can now detect and differentiate the alpha variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from earlier strains in saliva samples. A point-of-care COVID-19 test ...

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