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
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
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
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
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
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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