US researchers have developed an innovative smartphone-based kit that can test saliva samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Early studies have found the cheap system is as ...

BLUE ASH, Ohio (WKRC) - It wasn’t ordered online or delivered in a blue van, but there is a lot of valuable new equipment in the biology lab at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, thanks to ...

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A COVID-19 sensor developed at Johns Hopkins University could revolutionize virus testing by adding accuracy and speed to a process that frustrated many during the pandemic. In a new study published ...

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 ...

Explore 40 years of PCR history, from Kary Mullis’s invention story to the rise of digital PCR and how it revolutionized ...

A PCR test is often considered the gold standard for detecting coronavirus infection. It’s the test some employers want employees to take before returning to work after having Covid-19, and the one ...

Visby Medical is taking the power of PCR testing and putting it in the palm of a patient’s hand and the idea is resonating with investors. Earlier this week, the San Jose, CA-based company said it ...

The Michigan startup uses a proprietary approach called processor-mediated PCR to enable high-plex, low-cost testing in a ...