Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

They look for a protein fragment of the coronavirus, and they give you the results in 15 minutes. They're not as accurate as the PCR test, and you do need to have adequate viral load to get the ...

Due to the current infection rate of the coronavirus being so high, many professionals suggest retesting with a PCR test if you have symptoms and test negative using an at-home antigen test as it ...

While many countries have used real time RT–PCR for diagnosing other diseases, such as the Ebola virus and Zika virus, many need support in adapting this method for the COVID-19 virus, as well as in ...

Most PCR tests identify only a few pathogens at a time, so if you receive a negative result for a COVID-19 test, you need to take multiple tests to see if you have other respiratory viruses.

Is it COVID? Well, some good news ... So it is as you point out, a PCR test, correct? So it's not like a rapid test. So just walk us back one more time. So OTC, over-the-counter, really means ...

PCR tests are still the most trusted ... Chinese officials think there’s one way to improve COVID-19 testing, although it’s a procedure that people won’t like. Rather than using throat ...

The overall process for the test is comparable to the results from polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for COVID-19 and other respiratory virus infection diagnosis tests, using a simple procedure ...

PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) tests involve swabbing your nose and throat, then putting the swab in a test tube which is taken to a laboratory to be tested for Covid-19. The UK government has ...

Here’s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has reported on Covid since the spring of 2020. There are few constants when it comes to Covid, but one thing has ...

While a number of products already include multiple genetic targets, some COVID-19 RT-PCR assays authorized for emergency ... Jack is a science writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has a ...

Cubit Diagnostics announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded $2.6 million by the National Institutes of Health's Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Tech program. The funding will enable the ...