Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, testing for active infection has been a crucial tool to help to control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, enabling the identification of infected individuals and ...

Montana State University has received state funding from the governor to research a potentially faster and cheaper method of testing for the COVID-19 virus.

A DNA/RNA test to detect infections, developed by Japan’s Eiken Chemical Company (Eiken) more than 20 years ago, is an easy, fast, and accurate alternative to the more well-known polymerase chain ...

Testing is an important tool in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying and isolating infected individuals and tracing those they have been in contact with, is crucial to reduce spread of ...

In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluate the feasibility and robustness of an optimized reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) ...

The COVID-19 tests in use today are laborious and complicated. They require a skilled professional to take samples, perform the reaction and analyze the results. Also, there is the need for dedicated ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A new higher-speed Covid-19 test that is key to the government’s “moonshot” testing programme is facing ...