Researchers have built an RT-PCR platform that gives results in 23 minutes that match the longer laboratory-based tests -- faster than other PCR tests on the market. It can be adapted to test for ...

An RT-PCR swab test is considered the gold-standard for testing & diagnosing active viral infections and should be used for anyone who has symptoms or known exposure to COVID-19.

India developed a home-grown RT-PCR testing kit for Monkeypox, a virus recently declared a global health concern by WHO. The Siemens Healthineers' 'IMDX Monkeypox Detection RT-PCR Assay' received ...

Consumer genetic testing pioneer DnaNudge has launched its 90-minute PCR Covid-19 test in Australia through a new partnership with Pantonic Health.

The FDA issued the EUA for the CDC’s 2019-nCoV RT-PCR in February 2020. At that time, no other tests were available in the U.S. to determine whether someone had covid.

Lateral flow devices (LFDs) are point-of-care tests that require significantly more time to develop than RT-PCR assays but can be used locally with minimal to no training, some of which can ...

RT-PCR tests were conducted on 4,636 occasions, and 2,863 RT-PCR results from 2,579 patients were evaluated in the study.

CDC test can’t differentiate between COVID and the flu? That’s wrong. While the CDC is withdrawing its EUA request for the 2019-nCoV RT-PCR test, it is not because the test is faulty.

Results from the BiologyWorks k (now) molecular test were 99.1% in overall percent agreement with the results of the RT-PCR lab tests.

Number of RT-PCR tests exceeds Rapid Antigen Testing in Delhi, 250 ventilators delivered: MHA. For the first time, the number ...

Social media posts online are misinterpreting a CDC alert which encourages use of a new PCR test that can detect flu and COVID-19 simultaneously.

How the CDC’s 2019-nCoV RT-PCR test (or any other PCR test) works, Wroblewski said, is that primers, which are little bits of a genetic material, are used to identify specific viruses.