Scientists have found a way to create artificial sugars that could lead to more accurate ways to diagnose and perhaps treat diseases. The collaboration of academic and industry scientists in Europe, ...

Pathogen detection and surveillance have become a high priority in both healthcare and environmental settings for the safety of patients and the general public. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the ...

The rapid spread of animal diseases and pathogen evolution have long posed significant threats to the healthy development of animal husbandry. Traditional nucleic acid detection methods such as PCR ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases are testing a promising new biological threat detection method in high-fidelity training scenarios, ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers identified a wide variety of pathogenic organisms using plasma microbial cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (mcfDNA) sequencing.

A recent study on the application of Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) found that mNGS can achieve early detection of pathogens and accelerate the development of targeted anti-infection ...

Pathogen detection techniques based on culture PCR, or serology are still regarded as the gold standards for pathogen detection, even though these techniques present significant limitations due to ...

When you think of electric fields, you likely think of electricity — the stuff that makes modern life possible by powering everything from household appliances to cellphones. Researchers have been ...

OmniVis, a Purdue University-affiliated biotechnology company focused on the speed, accuracy and economics of pathogen detection, has been named to the fifth annual Most Fundable Companies list from ...

Cepheid has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Xpert GI Panel, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) gastrointestinal (GI) pathogen testing solution. The ...