Healio

Nucleic acid amplification testing not performed in nearly half of confirmed US TB cases

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The use of nucleic acid amplification testing for tuberculosis increased in the United States between 2011 and ...
eturbonews

First New Handheld Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Test

Recently, Pluslife Biotech, an enterprise based in the Greater Bay Area, launched the first handheld Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Test to help with epidemic prevention and control. Hong Kong has been ...
Business Wire

Combined CDC COVID-19/Influenza Test Amended to Include Promega Maxwell® RSC 48 and CSC 48 Instruments, Maxwell® RSC Viral Total Nucleic Acid Purification Kit

MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Labs performing the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Flu SC2 Multiplex Assay, a single test to diagnose infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, influenza A, or influenza B, ...
News Medical

High presence of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid in PCR test can predict future symptomatic disease

Asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic individuals primarily drive the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by unknowingly transmitting the virus to others. Asymptomatics are those infected people ...
Business Wire

New CDC Guidelines Endorse Opt-Out Screening for Two of the Most Common Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), Recommend Nucleic Acid Testing for Mycoplasma Genitalium

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hologic, Inc. (Nasdaq: HOLX) commends the decision by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to endorse an updated approach to ...
The Scientist

Cargo-free LNP Manufacturing Could Spark a Nucleic Acid Therapy Renaissance

Combining pre-formed vesicles with nucleic acid cargo at the point of care can remove long-standing barriers to personalized ...