Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial ...

Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) during their lifetime.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Visby Medical Women’s Sexual Health Test for use at home to test for ...

Scientists have created a handheld sensor that can quickly detect bird flu (H5N1) in the air, potentially stopping ...

Bloodstream infections require rapid identification to prevent complications, yet standard diagnostic methods rely on polymerase chain reaction (PCR ... interference. In testing, the assay ...

A urine drug test can quickly detect both illegal and prescription drugs in a person’s system. Doctors, sports officials, and many employers require these tests. Signs of drug use can remain in ...

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based rapid sterility testing offers a revolutionary alternative, delivering accurate contamination detection in hours while maintaining the sensitivity needed to ...

The sensor's overall accuracy was over 90% when compared with measurements from a digital PCR test, the traditional method. Chakrabarty and the team say the new bird flu sensor shows promise for ...

The new PCR (polymerase chain reaction ... women would be sent to have invasive hysteroscopy or biopsy procedures. Inventor of the test, Professor Martin Widschwendter, from UCL’s Institute ...

Rapid polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in the intensive care unit (ICU) resulted in improved antibiotic stewardship relative to standard care but could not demonstrate non-inferiority in ...