BALTIMORE — Compared with a traditional tuberculin skin test, an interferon-gamma release assay was less expensive, provided better accuracy and was a reliable alternative for screening health care ...

A new type of test may markedly improve the ability to detect potentially drug-resistant HIV infections using a patient's blood sample. The technique works by scanning individual virus molecules for ...

Reduced-Intensity Delayed Intensification in Standard-Risk Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Defined by Undetectable Minimal Residual Disease: Results of an International Randomized Trial ...

The assay detected no SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the samples from people who had been sick with other types of respiratory diseases. The test accuracy was further validated by verifying in a lab setting ...

The test, which will use dried blood spot and venous blood specimens, will be based on Revvity’s existing three-plex assay, which is for research use only. The collaboration will support clinical ...

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent clearance of Roche’s blood-based Alzheimer’s disease test will boost ...

Background. Despite widespread use, the tuberculin skin test (TST) has many limitations, including a requirement for a second visit between 48 and 72 hours. The goal of this study was to determine the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared Cepheid to market its Xpert Carba-R assay for the direct testing of patient specimens for ...

“One type of IVD device is configured to read or otherwise analyze lateral flow assays, which can test for a wide variety of medical and environmental conditions or compounds. For example, lateral ...

A new multiplex real-time RT-PCR assay performs as well as the modified Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assay, yet can test three times more patients per run, scientists report.