Interventions with drug-coated balloons – a PCR Statement
Paris, France, 17 May 2023. The field of coronary drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty looks set to assume growing importance in ...
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PCR panels reduce costs, hospitalizations and antibiotic use for acute GI infections
Washington, DC – Acute gastroenteritis afflicts adults of all ages, causing significant suffering and inflicting significant costs on the American ...
A 5-minute PCR, faster than self-diagnosis kits
PCR technology is a molecular diagnostics technology that detects target nucleic acids by amplifying the DNA amount. It has brought ...
Boosting accuracy, reducing false positives of PCR COVID-19 tests
Highlights: PCR tests are the gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis, but they’re not always accurate. False positives and false negatives ...
New at-home, saliva-based COVID test as effective as PCR in preliminary analysis
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — PCR tests, also called molecular tests or nucleic acid tests, are considered the gold standard in ...
New COVID-19 Rapid-test Technology Performs PCR Faster than Similar Tests on the Market
New York, NY—July 25, 2022—For more than 30 years, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has been the gold standard in molecular ...
PCR test for Okinawa mozuku could increase yields and lead to climate-tolerant strains
A simple PCR test could be used to improve cultivation of the edible brown seaweed, Okinawa mozuku, and even aid ...
Compared to COVID-19 PCR testing, dogs can detect infections with high sensitivity (97%), though lower specificity (91%) – even when patients are asymptomatic
Compared to COVID-19 PCR testing, dogs can detect infections with high sensitivity (97%), though lower specificity (91%) - even when ...
Technology transfer award for PCR rapid test device for infection diagnostics
Spindiag GmbH, together with the University of Freiburg and the Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V., was awarded the Technology Transfer ...
New PCR test can identify all SARS-CoV-2 variants in a positive patient sample
Philadelphia, March 17, 2022 – After the start of the SARS-C0V-2 pandemic, investigators from ResearchPath LLC and their collaborators at ...
Rapid PCR test receives FDA emergency use authorization
A new highly sensitive, easy-to-use test for COVID-19 that requires a single swab and 15 minutes has received emergency use ...
Fast, cheap test can detect COVID-19 virus’ genome without need for PCR
Link to full release with images: Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Link to full release with images: https://www.washington.edu/news/2022/01/24/harmony-covid19/ FROM: James ...
A potential at-home COVID-19 test is just as good as laboratory PCR tests, according to preclinical data
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have designed a high-quality assay that can be used in at-home tests for rapid COVID-19 screening. Results ...
Large field hospital study shows rapid Covid-19 test compares solidly with PCR detection
In what is believed to be the largest prospective study of its kind to date — involving some 6,000 patients ...
New PCR assays offer hope in the fight against the environmental spread of antimicrobial resistance
New testing methods, developed by Newcastle University scientists, provide a simple and more precise way to quantify the transmission and ...