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Testing Covid 19
COVID-19 is an infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. There are many testing methods available for COVID-19. At-home COVID-19 tests or rapid PCR tests detect current infection by identifying the presence or absence of antigen. A more reliable testing option is a PCR test, or nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) which detect viral genetic material and need to be performed using laboratory analysis.
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JAN 24, 2021Microbiology
To cause the COVID-19 illness, the SARS-CoV-2 virus first has to get into cells. To do so, it uses something called a sp ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 20, 2021Cancer
Is an at-home colorectal cancer test possible? Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Cancer Research UK CanT ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 18, 2021Immunology
Critically ill COVID patients in the U.K. may receive an arthritis drug after a study showed that treatment lowered mort ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 17, 2021Immunology
In the race for finding the right vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic, a new vaccine candidate emerged. Researchers at Sta ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 13, 2021Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported that several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJAN 03, 2021Microbiology
The flu season would have typically been well underway by mid-December in a normal year. But this year, there are few ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
There's more to llamas than being livestock and hilarious companion animals. They also harbor an immune system capab ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 28, 2020Immunology
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new antibody-based weapons in the fight against COVID-19 ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 24, 2020Microbiology
The UK recently reported that it had detected a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, which causes COVID-19. Thi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick, portable, and ultrasensitive—a new smartphone test for COVID-19 checks all the boxes needed to get a handle ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 22, 2020Cancer
New research published online in CANCER brings a sigh of relief for patients with head and neck cancer. The findings, pu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 14, 2020Cancer
Relieving news from a University of Birmingham study reports that children with cancer who test positive for COVID-19 do ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 08, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 01, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 01, 2020Microbiology
The link between the microbes we carry in our gastrointestinal tract and our health has become clear, and now researcher ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting that nasty rash tested isn’t always a straightforward process. Dermatologists have notoriously long waitli ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 15, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that fluvoxamine, a common ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 12, 2020Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly, ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 12, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A study published in The BMJ has brought to light that the rapid finger-prick COVID-19 test may not be quite as r ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 10, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of researchers has improved upon the current diagnostic methodology for COVID-19, making it significantly more ac ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 06, 2020Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 05, 2020Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear ...Written By: Heba El-wassef
JAN 24, 2021
Microbiology
To cause the COVID-19 illness, the SARS-CoV-2 virus first has to get into cells. To do so, it uses something called a sp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 20, 2021
Cancer
Is an at-home colorectal cancer test possible? Researchers from the University of Exeter and the Cancer Research UK CanT
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 18, 2021
Immunology
Critically ill COVID patients in the U.K. may receive an arthritis drug after a study showed that treatment lowered mort
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 17, 2021
Immunology
In the race for finding the right vaccine for the COVID-19 pandemic, a new vaccine candidate emerged. Researchers at Sta
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 13, 2021
Plants & Animals
Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported that several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park tested positive
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JAN 03, 2021
Microbiology
The flu season would have typically been well underway by mid-December in a normal year. But this year, there are few ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
There's more to llamas than being livestock and hilarious companion animals. They also harbor an immune system capab
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 28, 2020
Immunology
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new antibody-based weapons in the fight against COVID-19
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 24, 2020
Microbiology
The UK recently reported that it had detected a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, which causes COVID-19. Thi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Quick, portable, and ultrasensitive—a new smartphone test for COVID-19 checks all the boxes needed to get a handle
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 22, 2020
Cancer
New research published online in CANCER brings a sigh of relief for patients with head and neck cancer. The findings, pu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 14, 2020
Cancer
Relieving news from a University of Birmingham study reports that children with cancer who test positive for COVID-19 do
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 08, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the 1530s, hundreds of years before microscopes and Petri dishes, an Italian physician called Girolamo Fracastoro wro
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 01, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Widespread diagnostic testing capacities are an absolutely critical tool for countries battling the pandemic. For now, m
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 01, 2020
Microbiology
The link between the microbes we carry in our gastrointestinal tract and our health has become clear, and now researcher
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Getting that nasty rash tested isn’t always a straightforward process. Dermatologists have notoriously long waitli
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
The demand for diagnostic technologies to track COVID-19 infections and control community spread of the disease has only
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 15, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that fluvoxamine, a common
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 12, 2020
Technology
Researchers have recently developed a unique virtual reality (VR) tool that can help in drug development? Particularly,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 12, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A study published in The BMJ has brought to light that the rapid finger-prick COVID-19 test may not be quite as r
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 10, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
A team of researchers has improved upon the current diagnostic methodology for COVID-19, making it significantly more ac
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A preliminary analysis of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine shows that it can prevent over 90% of people from c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 06, 2020
Immunology
The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, uses its spike protein to gain access to cells, by binding to the ACE2 recep
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 05, 2020
Immunology
Our knowledge of COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 is increasing every day, with new research papers published continuously. Resear
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef