“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 ...

Laboratories performing diagnostic testing for infectious diseases have an obligation to meet the needs of multiple patient populations. With infectious disease, time it takes for reporting can have ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are one of the most popular diagnostic tools for the detection and diagnosis of viral diseases, such as coronavirus (COVID-19), due to their ability to rapidly ...

In vitro diagnostics (IVD) is an umbrella term for tests conducted on blood or tissue samples to detect diseases, determine the efficacy of novel or established treatments, and monitor health.

Minute Molecular Diagnostics, a biotech spinout from Northwestern University that says it’s created rapid PCR COVID-19 tests, has received emergency use authorization for its product from the U.S.

PHOENIX — Arizona-based Sonora Quest Laboratories and Quest Diagnostics announced the launch of a “one-of-a-kind” monkeypox test Monday. Arizonans can take the PCR test through their health care ...

STONY BROOK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (the “Company”), a leader in polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”)-based technologies, announced that its wholly-owned ...

If you’ve headed to a work event, family gathering or crowded space in the last two years, it’s likely you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 test to check your viral status. It’s how much of the world is ...

Researchers at Imperial College London say they have developed a novel lab-on-a-chip infection test that could provide less expensive and faster portable diagnostics. The chip, known as TriSilix, is a ...

After burning bright during the COVID-19 pandemic, Siemens Healthineers is now planning to shutter a relatively small unit within its larger diagnostics enterprise that had focused on molecular ...