Increasing numbers of Powassan virus cases have led to a greater need to monitor and track the disease. However, testing has been difficult, bringing up a number of false positives. Scientists are ...

Home Health New diagnostic tool achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster and simpler nanopore system A new diagnostic tool developed by UCSC’s Holger Schmidt and his collaborators can test for ...

Biosensing technology developed by engineers has made it possible to create gene test strips that rival conventional lab-based tests in quality. When the pandemic started, people who felt unwell had ...

“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 ...

Researchers have developed a fast, specific and reliable test for mpox infection, combining CRISPR/Cas12a and nanopore sensing. Research presented at the 68th Biophysical Society Annual Meeting (10-14 ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the fastest test yet for diagnosing hepatitis C virus (HCV). The highly accurate diagnostic delivers results to patients in just 15 minutes—up to ...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to many changes. Among them is universal familiarity with a molecular diagnostic technique that was largely unknown outside clinical use. The polymerase chain reaction — or ...