US researchers have developed an innovative smartphone-based kit that can test saliva samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Early studies have found the cheap system is as ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A new rapid PCR COVID-19 test invented by Northwestern University faculty and Minute Molecular Diagnostics has received FDA emergency use authorization. CBS 2's Meredith Barack ...

BLUE ASH, Ohio (WKRC) - It wasn’t ordered online or delivered in a blue van, but there is a lot of valuable new equipment in the biology lab at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College, thanks to ...

Expanding access to advanced PCR thermocyclers, DNA & RNA purification systems, and hematology analyzers for modern clinical laboratories ...

Dr. Matt Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, reviews scenarios where an at-home antigen test is a good option, and when to seek out a lab-based PCR. The omicron variant is ...

The Michigan startup uses a proprietary approach called processor-mediated PCR to enable high-plex, low-cost testing in a single tube.

Explore 40 years of PCR history, from Kary Mullis’s invention story to the rise of digital PCR and how it revolutionized ...