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Image: Schematic overview of sample processing and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) assay workflow, depicting main steps (Photo courtesy of Nikhil S. Sahajpal)

Innovative Protocol That Processes Saliva Samples with Bead Mill Homogenizer Before RT-PCR Testing Improves COVID-19 Detection Rate

The addition of a simple processing step to saliva samples before testing may improve COVID-19 detection rate, eliminate the challenges of nasopharyngeal testing, and facilitate mass surveillance, according to researchers. More...
14 Jun 2021
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Increasing Efficacy of Antibody Tests Propelling Growth of Global Immunoassay Market Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

The growth of the global immunoassay market is being propelled by the drive to increase the efficacy of antibody tests amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, led further by the growing use of immunoassay methods in diagnosis of various autoimmune diseases. More...
11 Jun 2021
Image: Researchers in the Blake Wiedenheft Lab, from left, Laina Hall, undergraduate research assistant, Andrew Santiago-Frangos, postdoctorate fellow, and Pushya Krishna, undergraduate research assistant, helped repurpose a CRISPR system to make rapid, accurate COVID-19 test. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez)

CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Rapid Test Accurately Detects Coronavirus in as Little as One Minute

Researchers have repurposed a CRISPR system to make a rapid, accurate COVID-19 test that can accurately detect even relatively small amounts of coronavirus in patient samples in less than 30 minutes and sometimes in as little as one minute. More...
10 Jun 2021
Image: Ubiquitome’s Liberty16 RT-PCR system (Photo courtesy of Ubiquitome Limited)

Handheld RT-PCR System Combined with Saliva-Based Test Brings Mobility to COVID-19 Testing and Reduces Cost

COVID-19 testing has been made easier and more accessible with the US FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) of the combination of SalivaDirect developed by Yale School of Public Health (New Haven, CT, USA) with Ubiquitome Limited’s (Auckland, New Zealand) handheld Liberty16 mobile real time-PCR. More...
09 Jun 2021
Image: InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid antigen test (Photo courtesy of OraSure Technologies, Inc.)

OraSure’s Easy and Intuitive ‘Swab, Swirl and See’ COVID-19 Tests Granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (Bethlehem, PA, USA) has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid antigen tests which detect active COVID-19 infection. More...
08 Jun 2021
Image: Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.)

Thermo Fisher Launches Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay for SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched the Ion AmpliSeq SARS-CoV-2 Insight Research Assay to improve SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. More...
08 Jun 2021
Image: Figure shows the schematic illustration of RADICA (Photo courtesy of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology)

New Method for Rapid, Accurate Detection of Viruses Could Speed Up COVID-19 Testing

Researchers have developed a method for rapid, accurate detection of viruses that is four times faster than conventional PCR methods, is highly specific, sensitive, and resistant to inhibitors and could speed up COVID-19 testing. More...
08 Jun 2021
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