Chronic hepatitis D virus (HDV) coinfection in people with chronic hepatitis B is associated with rapid progression to liver ...

Seed amplification assays, those PCR-like reactions for toxic misfolded proteins, are starting to look pretty good. In the May Lancet Neurology, scientists led by Andrew Siderowf, University of ...

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a novel serological assay for the detection of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Rebecca DuBois, associate professor of ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have designed a high-quality assay that can be used in at-home tests for rapid COVID-19 screening. Results from an early preclinical study suggest ...

A $5 diagnostic test for COVID-19 won emergency authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on August 26 and could see widespread use by the end of this month. Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID ...

If your doctor suspects you have one of several diseases, they may want to perform an “enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay” test. This is more commonly known as an ELISA test, and it can help to confirm ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues as many parts of the world grapple with skyrocketing cases. The global toll has reached 72.4 million cases, and 1.61 million have lost their ...

Scientists and public health experts built the COVID-19 pandemic response on years of experience navigating infectious disease outbreaks. Although lateral flow immunoassays have been central to ...

After decades of nonstarters, blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease are finally here, enabling researchers to predict who may have amyloid plaques in their brain. Among the candidate tests jostling for ...

Our andrology laboratory offers several diagnostic tests that can help your treatment process, including semen analysis, sperm penetration assay, and an anti-sperm antibody test. The acrosome cap is a ...