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Image: Transmission electron micrograph of an isolate from a case of COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots (Photo courtesy of Hannah A Bullock and Azaibi Tamin).

SARS-Cov-2 Specific Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients

 The rapid identification of the etiology and the sharing of the genetic sequence of the virus, followed by international collaborative efforts initiated due to the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 have led to the rapid availability of real-time PCR diagnostic assays that support the case ascertainment and tracking of the outbreak. More...
30 Mar 2020
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Abbott Launches New Test that Detects Coronavirus in Just Five Minutes

 Abbott (Lake Forest, IL, USA) has been issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), delivering positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes. The test will run on the company's ID NOW platform, providing rapid results in a wide range of healthcare settings such as physicians' offices, urgent care clinics and hospital emergency departments. More...
28 Mar 2020
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Rapid POC Screening Technology Uses Artificial Glycan Receptor to Detect Coronavirus in 20 Minutes

 Iceni Diagnostics (Norwich, UK), a biotechnology company, is developing a new approach that identifies the virus not by its genetic code, which can mutate, but by using its reliance on chains of sugars which are constant and unchangeable. The existing prototype product for influenza can detect the virus in less than 20 minutes and could be adapted to identify other pathogens, such as the coronavirus. More...
28 Mar 2020
Image: Sensitest’s Corona Rapid test for professional use (Photo courtesy of Sensitest International)

New Rapid Coronavirus Test Gives Results in Just 15 Minutes

 Sensitest International (Delfgauw, The Netherlands; www.sensitest.com), has developed a new coronavirus test that can show whether a patient has the IgM or IgG antibodies of the coronavirus (Covid-19) within 15 minutes. Sensitest’s Corona Rapid test for professional use is the only rapid test certified in the EU with a CE certificate issued by a European Notified Body. The product has been clinically tested with 596 patients, out of which 361 confirmed positive and 235 confirmed negative. More...
28 Mar 2020
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UC San Diego Partners with Diagnostics Manufacturers for COVID-19 Testing; Begins Trial to Assess Antiviral Drug

 The UC San Diego Health and University of California San Diego School of Medicine (La Jolla, CA, USA) has announced that the UC San Diego Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine (CALM), in a partnership with five leading in vitro diagnostics manufacturers, is significantly ramping up testing for COVID-19, projecting a capacity to complete 1,000 to 1,500 tests per day within two to three weeks. The five leading in vitro diagnostics manufacturers include Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA), Roche Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), GenMark Diagnostics (Carlsbad, CA, USA), Luminex Corporation (Austin, TX, USA) and Abbott Diagnostics (Lake Forest, IL, USA). More...
28 Mar 2020
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Randox and Bosch to Launch Game-Changing POC Coronavirus Test

 Global diagnostics company Randox Laboratories (Crumlin, UK) and leading technology manufacturer Bosch Healthcare Solutions GmbH (Waiblingen, Germany) will launch a game-changing point of care coronavirus test in April 2020. The Vivalytic Viral Respiratory Tract Infection (VRI) Array can identify SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and differentiate it from nine other respiratory infections with similar symptoms, including influenza and all known coronaviruses. This provides a more comprehensive respiratory screening which enables precise and informed treatment decisions to be made. More...
28 Mar 2020
Image: Fulgent’s COVID-19 test (Photo courtesy of Fulgent Genetics, Inc.)

Fulgent Partners with MedScan to Launch Next Generation Sequencing-Based Test for Coronavirus

 Fulgent Genetics, Inc. (Temple City, CA, USA), a provider of comprehensive genetic testing and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) solutions, has launched a NGS-based test for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Fulgent’s NGS test will be one of the market’s first diagnostic tests for the COVID-19 virus that has been developed based on NGS technology. Fulgent will partner with MedScan Laboratory (Williston, ND, USA) to launch the COVID-19 test and both have begun accepting specimens for testing from healthcare providers, clinics and reference labs. More...
27 Mar 2020
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