Rapid Screens Can Predict COVID-19 Infection with Nearly Same Precision as Antibody Tests Conducted in Labs
New findings from a Michigan Medicine study reveal that antibody testing is predictive of prior COVID-19 infection, and rapid screening methods – even from finger pricks – are effective testing tools. More...02 Apr 2021
New Technology Halves Time Currently Taken to Identify If Positive COVID-19 Sample Contains Variant of Concern
A groundbreaking new technology to rapidly detect new COVID mutations indicating whether positive test samples contain known variants is being trialed by the UK government. More...01 Apr 2021
Bioneer Launches World's First Precision Auxiliary Device for Sample Loading
Bioneer Corporation (Daejeon, Korea) has launched a new concept auxiliary device, AccuLoader, designed to assist with the dispensation of samples and reagents to the correct wells and reduce the time spent on the sample preparation. More...01 Apr 2021
COVID-19 Test Uses Novel High-Throughput Molecular Method for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Saliva Samples
A new COVID-19 test uses a high-throughput molecular method for detecting infection by SARS-CoV-2 in specimens of saliva from individuals, allowing for fast and accurate detection of infection by the virus. More...30 Mar 2021
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