A new test that boasts nearly 100% accuracy has recently been approved, but debate still surrounds how useful such tests might be for both populations and individuals. Dale Smith is a former Associate ...

Maintaining consistent assay performance over time is critical for clinical laboratories. While assay performance characteristics may be clearly understood at the time of validation, variations can ...

This test detects bits of the virus itself and can tell you if you’re currently infected. Swabs are used to collect samples from the mucus membranes in the nose and throat where the virus may be ...

WHILE THE STATE’S PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON TARGETING AND TREATING POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES, IT ALSO WANTS TO KNOW WHO HAS ALREADY HAD THE CORONAVIRUS. SEROLOGY TESTING OR ANTIBODY TESTING CHECKS TO SEE IF ...

At the root of almost every plan to restart society is a new kind of coronavirus test that searches not for the virus itself, but the remnants floating in people’s blood of the battle between their ...

Autoantibody assays may have significant differences due to the heterogeneity of autoantibodies, including epitope specificity, isotype, and affinity/avidity. This makes it challenging for clinical ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it infects between 50 to 80 percent of all adults by the time they reach 40 years old.

Pulmonary involvement is highly prevalent in individuals with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), affecting 82.7% of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis ...