Waiting is the hardest part. Especially in the case of testing for water or food contamination, which can take days or even a week in some cases for the results, leaving the possibility that people ...

CRISPR/Cas12a assay detects Schmallenberg virus within 50 minutes and outperformed RT-qPCR on simulated bovine nasal swab ...

A new method that can rapidly determine whether a virus is infectious or non-infectious could revolutionise the response to future pandemics. Dr Samuel Jones from Birmingham’s School of Chemistry led ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

From Zika testing to seven viruses The researchers, both members of UF's Emerging Pathogens Institute, first applied the virus testing design in 2019 to answer the call for a rapid, point-of-care test ...

A new method that can rapidly determine whether a virus is infectious or non-infectious could revolutionize the response to future pandemics. Dr. Samuel Jones from Birmingham's School of Chemistry led ...

Waiting for the results of water or food contamination tests can take days, but with two technologies developed at MSU, researchers can have results back in hours. These technologies can identify ...

A pioneering same-day test has been used to detect hidden and drug-resistant infections among children in intensive care. Respiratory samples from more than 100 critically ill young patients at London ...

When validated with human samples, the device performed as well as a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, or RT-PCR, test, considered the gold standard of diagnostic testing for ...