Assembly Magazine

Micro-Scale Leak Testing of Medical Devices

Given the highly infectious nature of the COVID pathogen, tests for the virus had to be quick, reliable and safe. The test ...
Nature

One-stop shop for multi-pathogen PCR testing is disease-detection game changer

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a staggering 340 million tests for the virus were supplied across the world by a company based in South Korea that specializes in so-called syndromic real-time polymerase ...
Women's Health

'I tried an £80 PCR test to see if it could change my skin for the better'

You might shudder at the thought of PCR tests making a comeback, but pleasingly, the latest wave have nothing to do with covid. Quirky microbiome skincare brand Gallinée has launched an at-home test ...
The Digital Universe

BYU team helps create diagnostic tool that achieves accuracy of PCR tests with faster, simpler nanopore system

Over the past four years, many of us have become accustomed to a swab up the nose to test for COVID-19, using at-home rapid antigen tests or the more accurate clinic-provided PCR tests with a longer ...