Many people will have experienced being unwell with an unknown infection and having to undergo multiple tests to determine the culprit. This sequential process of elimination can be time-consuming and ...

TOKYO -- Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed an innovative PCR testing system controlled by robots that it is aiming to set up in downtown areas and airports by March next year, Nikkei has learned ...

With fears of a sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic this winter, the government plans to offer free PCR tests to anyone who fears for their health, even if they show no symptoms. It will include free ...

TOKYO -- Robotic systems that can conduct up to 2,500 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests per day have been operating at four locations in Japan, and the developers aim to have 50 of them installed ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

Promising new inroads into critical DNA testing has been forecast by experts who have applied machine learning to DNA profiling. From medical diagnostics to forensic tests and national security, PCR ...