Scientists track and monitor the circulation of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using methods based on a laboratory technique called polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Also used as the “gold ...

With infectious diseases, time is of the essence. Doctors can more easily treat and prevent the spread of diseases such as tuberculosis, Ebola and COVID-19 when they can rapidly and accurately ...

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 ...

Novel techniques, automated machines, sophisticated synthetic and bioprospected polymerases, and developments in symbiotic sequencing technologies have transformed PCR into a multifaceted, adaptable ...

ITHACA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rheonix Inc., a manufacturer of a highly advanced microfluidic molecular testing platform, announced the opening of Rheonix Laboratories LLC, a CLIA-certified clinical ...

A decade ago Willy Ssengooba began crisscrossing Uganda, training health-care workers on how to use a new machine to detect tuberculosis. The deadly lung disease infects around 90,000 people in the ...

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How has technology changed the way we conduct research? Lab automation takes many different forms with the purpose of streamlining several aspects of experiments, data collection and data analysis.

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 ...

A new diagnostic tool developed by researchers can test for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus with the same or better accuracy as high-precision PCR tests in a matter of hours. Over the past four years, many ...