The US and other countries are scrambling to test hundreds of thousands of people to see if they are infected by the coronavirus. That test, which employs a technique called PCR, looks directly for ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for coronavirus disease-2019 (covid-19). DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Medline, bioRxiv, and medRxiv from ...

Molecular test, or nucleic acid amplification, has been recommended by the FDA for the diagnosis of the COVID-19 virus. Nucleic acid amplification testing necessitates the collection of respiratory ...

This article will be updated regularly. The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for private companies to offer ways for people to test themselves for the virus from their own homes. But there's a ...

At the root of almost every plan to restart society is a new kind of coronavirus test that searches not for the virus itself, but the remnants floating in people’s blood of the battle between their ...

Promega Corporation today announced the launch of its new serological antibody test for COVID-19 to detect the presence of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A positive result may indicate ...

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Testing for COVID-19 continues to be too little too late in the United States. Many groups are working on closing the testing gap, by innovating new tests for both the presence of the virus and ...