Broad access to testing is one of the most powerful tools to keep the COVID-19 pandemic under control until there's an effective vaccine in use. Diagnostic testing, which is used in medical settings to determine whether someone ...
Aug 17, 2020
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During the first peak of the coronavirus pandemic, it became apparent that the processing of the standard COVID-19 test using nasal swab samples, while considered a gold standard, was slow, taking over 24 hours to give results ...
Jan 11, 2021
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A widely used rapid COVID-19 test can produce false negatives if a certain solution is used to move or store patients' samples, the test's maker said.
Apr 23, 2020
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As COVID-19 infections begin to rise again, a novel testing strategy proposed by researchers at the University of Oxford at the start of the pandemic has become urgent once again.
Sep 28, 2020
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The presence of tiny deposits of calcified tissue in the breast remains an important indicator of early breast cancer. However, the standard diagnostic, the X-ray mammogram, cannot always distinguish between benign tissue ...
Jan 31, 2019
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The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient's health. A fingertip pressed against a phone's camera lens ...
Jan 18, 2023
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In the past 20 years, humans have suffered several serious epidemics from emerging viruses, such as SARS, swine flu, Ebola, MERS and (most recently) SARS-CoV-2. During each epidemic, an accurate, rapid, and accessible molecular ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Hospital water systems are a significant source of Legionella, resulting in the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease—but Flinders University researchers have proven simple maintenance that involves running hot water ...
Jun 19, 2023
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The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies deaths due to dog bites by the year 2030. An increase in dog rabies vaccination rates decreases dog rabies cases, human exposure, and human deaths, ...
Sep 26, 2019
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Choosing the correct individualised treatment for breast cancer depends upon determination of receptors for oestrogen, progesterone and HER2. The gold-standard method is currently immunohistochemistry (IHC). However, in 5 ...
Oct 9, 2018
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