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 ...

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes. The test uses the DASH rapid PCR system, originally developed for COVID, ...

As the nation experiences what many experts believe is the second-largest wave of COVID infections since the pandemic started, many Americans will be checking to make sure they don’t have the ...

Scientists at the ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, have developed a species-specific PCR test 1 that can rapidly and accurately detect Cronobacter sakazakii, a food-borne ...

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...

Patients in rural communities often lack timely access to innovative infectious disease testing because diagnostic laboratories are located far away. Long transport times and logistical barriers delay ...

A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...

What is the best PCR protocol for my agency to ID sharks and rays? Led by Mote’s Dr. Demian Chapman (also an adjunct at Florida International University) and FIU biologist Dr. Diego Cardeñosa, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

Phase 1 trial of SHR-A2102, a nectin-4–directed antibody drug conjugate (ADC), in advanced solid tumors. Prediction of survival after de-escalated neoadjuvant therapy in HER2+ early breast cancer: A ...