COVID-19 screening can soon be conducted directly at various testing stations, and patients can get their test results in about an hour from the time they get a nasal swab. A team of researchers from the National University ...
Jun 29, 2020
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Incorrect labeling of food products is causing too many allergic reactions and needs to be more tightly regulated, a University of Melbourne researcher says.
Jun 23, 2020
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Shortages of toilet paper earlier this year showed just how fragile our global supply chain is when it is under duress. And as scientists around the world scramble to find a treatment for COVID-19, that fragility may prove ...
Jun 22, 2020
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Early diagnosis and isolation of patients with COVID-19 is a keystone for controlling the pandemic. While testing capacity has grown, quick turnaround for patient results remains critical.
Jun 19, 2020
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A new study found that animals sampled in the wildlife-trade supply chain bound for human consumption had high proportions of coronaviruses, and that the proportion of positives significantly increases as animals travel from ...
Jun 18, 2020
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Even as coronavirus testing is ramping up across the world, the issue of speed and accuracy in diagnosis still poses a challenge for public health authorities. A research group supported by the EU-funded HG nCoV19 test project ...
Jun 15, 2020
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A group testing approach proposed by a Cornell researcher, in which samples of COVID-19 tests are pooled and analyzed collectively, could potentially curtail the virus's spread through weekly testing of every household in ...
Jun 12, 2020
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As SARS-CoV-2 has the potential to mutate, it is important to check the efficacy of current diagnostic tests, say York University researchers, who found seven out of 27 methods had potential sequence mismatch issues that ...
Jun 10, 2020
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Fairly early in the COVID-19 outbreak, scientists discovered that the virus that causes the disease—SARS-CoV-2—is shed in faeces. But unlike the virus found in mucus and spit, the bits of virus found in faecal matter ...
Jun 9, 2020
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A research group led by the University of Bologna identified a new mechanism that can obtain serological tests that are quicker, more cost-effective and more reliable than those currently in use. This mechanism is based on ...
Jun 8, 2020
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