Pharmabiz

SpiceHealth to use dry-swab procedure in its mobile COVID-19 testing laboratories

The SpiceHealth has for the first time launched mobile COVID-19 testing laboratory using the new dry swab testing procedure developed by the scientists of Council for Scientific Industrial ...
News Medical

Could automated, saliva-based PCR testing be the future of COVID-19 surveillance?

In a large-scale study funded by Kings College London, researchers successfully implemented an automated PCR-based testing program for SARS-CoV-2 using saliva samples from asymptomatic students and ...
Sky

What are the different types of COVID-19 tests - and could saliva samples be transformative?

COVID-19 testing is becoming more common in the UK as, along with mass vaccinations, it helps to open up society at a time when restrictions are easing. A university is trialling the use of saliva ...
ナショナルジオグラフィック

新型コロナPCR検査の状況を読み解く「3種類の検査目的」

今、多くの人が、日々、報告される日本国内での新規感染者の数や、累積感染者数を気にしていると思う（中には気にするのに疲れて、見るのをやめたという人もいて、それもまた識見というものだ）。一方で、日本でのPCR検査の少なさを問題視して、実際 ...
日経メディカル

唾液プール化標本のPCR検査は小中学校でのSARS-CoV-2モニターに有用

ドイツCologne大学のAlexander Joachim氏らは、小中学校に通う小児を対象として、口腔咽頭スワブ・頬スワブ・唾液スワブの検査標本を採取しプールしてPCR検査を行う方法の実用性を調べるクラスターランダム化試験を行い、年少の小児でも採取が容易な唾液標本 ...
Pharmabiz

Acumen Diagnostics’ Covid-19 offsite PCR swab testing receives Singapore health ministry ...

Homegrown medical technology company, Acumen Diagnostics Pte. Ltd., a 51% owned subsidiary of Q&M Dental Group (Singapore) Limited and 49% owned by Aoxin Q&M Dental Group Limited, announced that it ...