Rapid test would aid response to outbreak that has killed hundreds Potential manufacturers based in West Africa, South Korea, U.S. Goal is to develop rapid tests for use on live patients Field trials ...

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a global leader in point-of-care and home diagnostic testing and sample collection technologies, announced today that it has received Emergency Use ...

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the bacterium that causes gonorrhea) has become one of the most urgent antimicrobial-resistant threats to public health worldwide. Clinicians expect to be ...

Two new rapid tests, EndoSure and Endotest, can drastically reduce wait times for a diagnosis of endometriosis—from 9-years ...

UT Dallas researchers are developing a handheld device that detects bacteria, parasites, pesticides and more in minutes — ...

A total of 47 patients had a positive result for at least two of the conventional tests, and so were considered H. pylori-positive. The IRUT showed high sensitivity (91.5%) and specificity (98.1%) and ...

Two new tests, EndoSure and Endotest, could drastically reduce the years-long wait for endometriosis diagnoses for millions of women ...

Michael Rosenston is a fact-checker and researcher with expertise in business, finance, and insurance. Julie Bang / Investopedia A Z-test evaluates the significance of a sample mean's difference from ...

ASCORBIC acid has been found to have a marked inhibitory effect on urease activity. With some preparations of the enzyme, the formation of ammonia from urea is completely inhibited by a concentration ...

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A new study in the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine (JUCM), built on 140,894 real-world Intellivisit encounters, examined a more accurate and less uncomfortable tool for ear exams — the tympanometer.

A mean platelet volume (MPV) test measures the average size of your platelets, which are small blood cells that help with blood clotting. Typical MPV levels range from 7 to 13 femtoliters. High MPV ...