The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in demand for population scale pathogen screening. The most sensitive and reliable method for detecting SARS-CoV-2 remains reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR).
During the early stages of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), rapid testing was imperative for public health policymakers and health care workers in order to determine where and what measures ...
The accuracy of the RT-PCR test depends on timing; tests are best given within 10 days of COVID-19 symptom development. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the country, many nurse ...
GenEx System Aids in the Selection of Reference Genes for Standardizing mRNA Measurements Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is currently the prime technique to measure gene expression. When properly ...
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb) today announced the launch of an RT-PCR kit that allows researchers to simultaneously screen samples for Zika (ZIKV), dengue (DENV1, DENV2, DENV3, DENV4 ...
The brain consists of a huge number of neurons whose diverse characteristics and identities contribute to the generation of complex neuronal networks. Understanding the ultimate complexity of the ...
Kai Medical Laboratory, a state-of-the-art diagnostics laboratory in Dallas, TX was acquired by Empower Clinics on October 6, 2020 to further advance the Company's COVID-19 national testing programs ...
During the last decade, several studies have shown that the detection and quantification of residual tumor cells significantly correlates with clinical outcome in several types of leukemia. In ...
The perceived ease of use of real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and reverse transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) technology has revolutionized life science research. Its effectiveness at amplification and ...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has recently been identified as a new clinical entity. SARS is thought to be caused by an unknown infectious agent. Clinical specimens from patients with ...
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the draft version of standard evaluation protocol for Human MetapneumoVirus (hMPV) ...