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UrduDavid Winter, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, answers the most common patient questions and reacts to the latest medical research. Are COVID cases starting to go down? (SOT@ :14, TRT :49) How reliable are at-home COVID tests? Can…
Tag: COVID-19 test
RADx Tech Program tackles design of accessible COVID-19 home tests
NIH’s RADx Tech committed resources in early 2022 for increased accessibility of COVID-19 home tests. The RADx Tech Accessibility Program subsequently invited collaboration from advocacy organizations to contribute to design insights and is a first step that will help manufacturers address the gap in accessible test availability.
New partnership to develop a new ultra-fast test for COVID-19 antibodies
The NanoSpot.AI test is estimated to be significantly less expensive to manufacture than other SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests and has the potential to be more affordable than currently available tests, making it possible to extend the test to every corner of the world. Clinical studies validating NanoSpot.AI are currently underway.
Coronavirus-like particles could ensure reliability of simpler, faster COVID-19 tests
Rapid COVID-19 tests are on the rise to deliver results faster to more people, and scientists need an easy, foolproof way to know that these tests work correctly and the results can be trusted. Nanoparticles that pass detection as the novel coronavirus could be just the ticket. Such coronavirus-like nanoparticles, developed by nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, would serve as something called a positive control for COVID-19 tests.
NIH’s RADx Tech program inks additional contracts for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and supplies
The NIH RADx initiative awarded three new contracts totaling $36.7 million for the development of new COVID-19 diagnostic testing technologies and production of specimen collection kits and swabs.
Rutgers Medical Experts Available to Discuss President Trump Testing Positive for Coronavirus
Rutgers Medical Experts Available to Discuss President Trump Testing Positive for Coronavirus Rutgers medical experts are available to discuss the implications of President Trump’s positive test for coronavirus, including treatment protocols, results time for testing and the importance of following…
A simple and readily available saline solution can reliably transport COVID-19 samples to testing labs
In the face of dwindling supplies of virus transport media, cheap and readily available phosphate buffered saline can be used to safely store and transport coronavirus samples for up to 18 hours, reports The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
Coriell Institute for Medical Research Fills Gaps in COVID-19 Testing Materials Supply
Answering the growing need for additional testing, and in direct response to shortages encountered in testing kit supply pipelines, the Coriell Institute for Medical Research is now offering services to create viral testing collection tubes containing different media and/or buffer formulations, for use in COVID-19 testing kits. Coriell is also exploring the feasibility of saliva as a means for testing for the new coronavirus.
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation Launches Rapid Response Coronavirus Test
Health care network deploys diagnostic to faster respond to outbreaks as they happen