FDA clears Visby Medical’s at-home Covid-19 and Influenza PCR test

Visby Medical’s over the counter (OTC) combination PCR test for Covid-19 and influenza A/B detection has secured US Food and ...
Labmate Online

MIDAS accelerates protein engineering by replacing microbial cloning with PCR

Stanford researchers have developed Microbe-Independent Deep Assembly and Screening – MIDAS – a polymerase chain ...
The Scientist

Harnessing PCR Testing for Safe and Effective Cell Therapies

Real-time PCR enables faster Mycoplasma detection to meet rigorous cell therapy safety standards and reduce quality control-related workflow delays. Cell therapy innovation is accelerating, but ...

Visby Medical Receives FDA Clearance for the First At-Home PCR for Multiple Respiratory Viruses

Visby Medical, the at-home diagnostics company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the Visby Medical Flu and COVID-19 Test, the first multi-viral at-home PCR test.
The Scientist

Leveraging PCR for Rapid Sterility Testing

Robust sterility testing is essential to ensure the safety of cell therapies. However, traditional culture-based analysis takes several weeks to confirm a therapeutic’s microbial contamination, which ...
Business Wire

New Data Show Delve Bio’s Metagenomic Testing Delivers Broader, Deeper Pathogen Identification Compared to Traditional Testing

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delve Bio, a pioneer in metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for infectious diseases, today announced data presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) ...
Medscape

PCR Testing Identifies Infections in Lung Transplant Recipients

Mucor PCR testing of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid showed high specificity in identifying invasive pulmonary mucormycosis (IPM) in lung transplant recipients, especially when used in conjunction ...