In a study published today in Biofunctional Materials, Prof. Dr. Haidar, Founder and CEO of BioMAT’X I+D+I LABs in Santiago, Chile, explores a new era in healthcare diagnostics driven by ...

In mid-November, much of Western New York was designated an “Orange Zone” due to quickly escalating COVID-19 rates. For Latko, this meant her sons’ schools would be required to test a minimum of 20% ...

Recent advances in portable and automated molecular diagnostic systems will address the previously unmet need for decentralized, point-of-care nucleic acid testing. Rapid, accurate diagnostic systems ...

Researchers found point-of-care viral load (POC VL) tests have high sensitivity and specificity for detection of viral loads of at least 1000 copies/mL. A recent review in Cochrane Database of ...

Point of care devices within the healthcare system can aid in improving diagnoses as well as the control of diseases through monitoring. These devices can include glucose monitors that only require a ...

Point-of-care (POC) testing can significantly increase routine lipid screening of preteen patients, according to findings from a study published in Pediatrics. At the beginning of the study, testing ...

For people living in regional and remote communities, where access to a GP or pathology services can involve long travel ...

This was a pilot-controlled trial carried out among 72 patients (34 cases and 38 controls) in southwestern Nigeria. The cases were those with histopathological diagnosis of CRC while controls were ...

This blog was written by Simran Goyal, a fourth year medical student at the University of Cambridge. Simran was on placement for her Student Selected Component (SSC) with us between 10 December 2018 ...