BALTIMORE — Compared with a traditional tuberculin skin test, an interferon-gamma release assay was less expensive, provided better accuracy and was a reliable alternative for screening health care ...

A new type of test may markedly improve the ability to detect potentially drug-resistant HIV infections using a patient's blood sample. The technique works by scanning individual virus molecules for ...

The assay detected no SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the samples from people who had been sick with other types of respiratory diseases. The test accuracy was further validated by verifying in a lab setting ...

The test, which will use dried blood spot and venous blood specimens, will be based on Revvity’s existing three-plex assay, ...

Background. Despite widespread use, the tuberculin skin test (TST) has many limitations, including a requirement for a second visit between 48 and 72 hours. The goal of this study was to determine the ...

Reduced-Intensity Delayed Intensification in Standard-Risk Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Defined by Undetectable Minimal Residual Disease: Results of an International Randomized Trial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has cleared Cepheid to market its Xpert Carba-R assay for the direct testing of patient specimens for ...

“One type of IVD device is configured to read or otherwise analyze lateral flow assays, which can test for a wide variety of medical and environmental conditions or compounds. For example, lateral ...