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Fact check: PCR tests are 'gold standard' for detecting COVID infection, no link to cloning

Researchers often call the polymerase chain reaction test – known as the PCR test – "the gold standard" for detecting the COVID-19 virus. The test is considered highly reliable and effective, and it ...
STAT

PCR testing can help clarify confusion over Covid-19 rebound and isolation

This decision, well within current norms for care, was nonetheless consequential: The president was forced to cancel a trip to advocate for legislation in support of the domestic semiconductor ...
Business Wire

Minute Molecular’s DASH Point-of-Care COVID-19 Rapid PCR Test Gains FDA Emergency Use Authorization

EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Minute Molecular Diagnostics today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid DASH ...
The Conversation

Here’s another type of COVID test to get your head around. But is this new home kit worth the cost?

A new type of COVID test is set to be available from November for Australians to use at home. It promises an alternative to rapid antigen tests (RATs), which we’re familiar with. It also promises a ...
Nasdaq

Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches Rapid Environmental PCR Testing Solution That Detects In-Air SARS-CoV-2 Pathogens

FRANKLIN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., today announced the launch of a new rapid environmental test to help in the fight against COVID-19. The Thermo Scientific Renvo Rapid ...
Healio

Whole blood PCR testing preferable for West Nile virus detection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Whole blood PCR testing was more effective than plasma for detecting West Nile virus. Cerebrospinal fluid PCR ...