How it Works: Real Time PCR Brendan Maher The instrumentation is basic: a thermal cycler for amplification, a light source for excitation of fluorescent probes (see chemistries below), a camera for ...

Molecular testing, or molecular diagnostics, refers to a group of tests that look at the genetic material in a specimen. It can detect genetic risk factors for certain diseases or provide evidence of ...

Certain serious fungal infections occur in regions of the United States with specific environments and are often tied to soil ...

“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 ...

Certain serious fungal infections occur in regions of the United States with specific environments and are often tied to soil ...

New findings demonstrate how the rapid antigen test can be used to triage healthcare workers for returning to work during periods of acute staffing shortages during COVID surges. They also show that a ...

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 ...

Dr. Darien Sutton joins “Good Morning America” to break down the test. As the country faces a rise in COVID, flu and RSV, there is a testing kit that the FDA authorized in May that is one swab for all ...

The company aims to bring its technology — a lab-free detection method for cancers, viruses, and bacteria — to market in 2026 ...