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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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AUG 18, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Routine, do-it-yourself COVID-19 testing could be just as good as a vaccine when it comes to stopping the transmission o ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 18, 2020Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche ...AUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Critically ill patients who received COVID-19 drug candidate aviptadil (RLF-100) were able to make a rapid recovery from ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 04, 2020Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2020Genetics & Genomics
One of the most puzzling characteristics of coronavirus is how some people develop severe symptoms and die from the dise ...JUL 30, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of rapid viral diagnostics has really hit home. Classic ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 29, 2020Chemistry & Physics
A new study suggests that trace amounts of lithium in drinking water are associated with lower rates of suicide in certa ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 26, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
An extract from seaweed has outperformed Remdesivir in ousting COVID-19 during cellular tests, according to new research ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 20, 2020Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 16, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Severe cases of COVID-19 can cause pneumonia, a process whereby the delicate air sacs in the lungs swell with fluid, and ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 15, 2020Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2020Cancer
Scientists say that there is potential for a mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 14, 2020Immunology
Scientists are working on developing an arsenal of nano-sized weapons in the war against COVID-19. These molecules, call ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 09, 2020Immunology
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide is steadily approaching 12 million. Meanwhile, despite accelerated time ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 08, 2020Health & Medicine
Research collected over the last 20 years suggests that cannabidiol – the primary cannabinoid in CBD oil – h ...Sponsored By: NuLeaf NaturalsJUL 07, 2020Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i ...Written By: Hilary ThompsonJUL 07, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 06, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Toronto have identified a new drug candidate that may reduce all kinds of inflammation ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 03, 2020Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from the UK have identified having a stroke as the most common neurological side-effect of COVID-19. They al ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 29, 2020Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 18, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Routine, do-it-yourself COVID-19 testing could be just as good as a vaccine when it comes to stopping the transmission o
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 18, 2020
Health & Medicine
Even as countries are now gradually starting to reopen after lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Researche
...
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Critically ill patients who received COVID-19 drug candidate aviptadil (RLF-100) were able to make a rapid recovery from
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 04, 2020
Microbiology
Researchers at JHU are starting a controlled trial that aims to learn whether plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
One of the most puzzling characteristics of coronavirus is how some people develop severe symptoms and die from the dise
...
JUL 30, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of rapid viral diagnostics has really hit home. Classic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 29, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
A new study suggests that trace amounts of lithium in drinking water are associated with lower rates of suicide in certa
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 26, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
An extract from seaweed has outperformed Remdesivir in ousting COVID-19 during cellular tests, according to new research
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 20, 2020
Microbiology
As the COVID-9 pandemic has spread around the world, scientists have tried to learn as much as they can about it, includ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 16, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Severe cases of COVID-19 can cause pneumonia, a process whereby the delicate air sacs in the lungs swell with fluid, and
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 15, 2020
Microbiology
Heparin is a very common drug that's been approved as an anticoagulant since 1992. Researchers have now found that the m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2020
Cancer
Scientists say that there is potential for a mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 14, 2020
Immunology
Scientists are working on developing an arsenal of nano-sized weapons in the war against COVID-19. These molecules, call
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
The Sechenov University Center for Clinical Research in Moscow, Russia, has completed its first round of clinical trials
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 09, 2020
Immunology
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide is steadily approaching 12 million. Meanwhile, despite accelerated time
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 08, 2020
Health & Medicine
Research collected over the last 20 years suggests that cannabidiol – the primary cannabinoid in CBD oil – h
...
Sponsored By:
NuLeaf Naturals
JUL 07, 2020
Immunology
An international team of researchers has analysed how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, hijacks the proteins i
...
Written By:
Hilary Thompson
JUL 07, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
False-negative results are particularly problematic in containing the spread of COVID-19 — infected individ
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 06, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic coronavirus has caused a wide range of different symptoms, and as time goes on, we may find that it can hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from the University of Toronto have identified a new drug candidate that may reduce all kinds of inflammation
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 03, 2020
Microbiology
Millions of people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the UK have identified having a stroke as the most common neurological side-effect of COVID-19. They al
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 29, 2020
Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch