The National Kidney Registry (NKR) announced today that it is fully prepared to support the new Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) emergency policy requiring all kidney transplant ...

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 ...

Children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), or those who have been infected with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), may have prolonged symptoms such as headache, ...

SECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today introduced a new COVID-19 testing service that aids ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babson Diagnostics (Babson), a transformative diagnostic blood testing company, announced today it has launched its first COVID-19 serology test to detect IgG ...

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 ...

In a move that could help the US better understand who has already had COVID-19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday provided the first Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a ...

Responding to increased public and congressional criticism of its arguably too-flexible approach to regulatory oversight of serological tests used to detect COVID-19 antibodies, on May 4, 2020, the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) granted to Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc. for its DPP COVID-19 IgM/IgG System based on several sets ...

Frequently used serology test may not detect antibodies that could confirm protection against reinfection of COVID-19 by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Add as preferred source ...

A new serological test can not only help humanity prepare for and respond to the next pandemic, but it also can be pivotal in the search for viral triggers of diseases like diabetes and celiac disease ...