Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...

“Infectious diseases don’t respect borders,” says Khoa Thai, a clinical microbiologist at the Star-shl medical diagnostics laboratory in the Netherlands. To limit their spread, we need a globally ...

A lab technician looks hard at a 7-cm-tall resinous container, opens the lid ever so carefully and sucks up a liquid with a syringe. Then, 0.1 milliliter of the liquid is placed in a different ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD Key Takeaways PCR tests are very accurate and can find the virus even in people without symptoms.Rapid tests can be done at home and show results in ...

Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires highly trained staff ...

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...

Overall, the microfluidics system is much smaller and less complex than a PCR machine. If this concept is brought to market as a product, its compact size could easily fit in a researcher’s lab, ...

an immersive virtual event dedicated to exploring the remarkable capabilities of digital PCR. This experience invites you to delve into the forefront of scientific innovation across diverse research ...

Fully Unmanned— CURECA™, the 100% Automated Diagnostic System Defining the Future Gold Standard, Debuts in Chicago, July 28–31 Unifying global diagnostic data - STAgora™, the big data platform set to ...