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Prepare for a winter COVID-19 peak, warns Academy of Medical Sciences
The UK must prepare now for a potential new wave of coronavirus infections this winter that could be more serious than the first, says a new report from the Academy of Medical Sciences.- Coronavirus
Novel sensors to detect SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in waste water
Avacta Group, the developer of Affimer biotherapeutics and reagents, is collaborating with Integumen to evaluate recently generated Affimer reagents that bind the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein for the detection of the coronavirus in waste water.- Coronavirus
Increasing efficiency of coronavirus sampling kit production
Xebios Diagnostics manufactures high-quality, ready-to-use culture media for microbiological diagnostic applications, and is using DOSE IT to aliquot viral transport medium (VTM) into sterile screw-capped tubes to meet market demand.- Coronavirus
Equipment and reagents from Randox used in COVID-19 hospital in India
Randox Laboratories has installed an RX modena in a COVID-19 hospital in India, at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College in Madhya Pradesh state.- Coronavirus
Rapid lateral-flow antibody test for SARS-CoV-2
Significant efforts are being made to protect public health and prevent local, regional or national spikes in SARS-CoV-2 cases. Antibody testing can determine population seroconversion and aid epidemiological and public health decisions.- Coronavirus
Genes associated with high risk of severe COVID-19
Scientists from PrecisionLife have found 68 genes associated with risk of developing severe COVID-19 by using its proprietary AI-enabled precision medicine platform to analyse the genomes of 929 patients who had a severe response to SARS-CoV-2.- Coronavirus
COVID-19: impact on the NTM patient
A free webinar on COVID-19 and the impact on the non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) patient will be held on Wednesday, 8 July at 5.00 pm. Click on this news item for registration details.- Coronavirus
Una Health and Fortress Diagnostics partner with the DHSC
Una Health, a distributor of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs), and Fortress Diagnostics, a provider of IVDs, are partnering with the Department of Health & Social Care in the Real Time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) study into COVID-19.- Coronavirus
Use of digital pathology for remote diagnosis
Hamamatsu Photonics invites you to join a panel discussion with pathologist Dr Matthew Hanna and IT Manager Nikolas Stathonikos on Thursday 9 July 2020 (4.00 pm BST, 11.00 am EDT, 5.00 pm CET). Click on this item for the link to register.- Coronavirus
Haematology biomarkers for COVID-19 assessment: an HORIBA white paper
HORIBA UK, Medical has published a white paper entitled ‘COVID-19 screening, prognosis and severity assessment with biomarkers for management of patients’. The paper provides a review of biomarkers that help in the assessment of COVID-19 severity.- Coronavirus
Update on SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test development
Avacta Group has announced that the first Affimer-based rapid test strips to detect SARS-COV-2 spike protein have been evaluated by Avacta’s partners at Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare Life Sciences) and show positive initial performance data.- Coronavirus
Pipetting solutions to make SARS-CoV-2 extraction faster and easier
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on research and diagnostic laboratories to process more samples more quickly. INTEGRA Biosciences offers a range of pipetting systems designed to speed up PCR-based screening workflows.- Coronavirus
Predictive sepsis test for coronavirus patients funded by MOD
Ploughshare Innovations, a Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) spin-out firm, has funded the development of a revolutionary test that has the potential to predict whether coronavirus patients will develop sepsis before symptoms appear.- Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 droplet digital polymerase chain reaction test
Bio-Rad provides a wide range of products for use in the support of COVID-19 diagnosis and confirmation, and offers a suite of molecular testing tools including Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) systems and the SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR test kit.- Coronavirus
Update on Affimer reagent therapy for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Infectivity assays carried out by the Avacta Group in collaboration with the Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow show that the company’s Affimer reagents prevent infection of human cells by a SARS-CoV-2 model virus.- Coronavirus
Adapt and succeed in challenging laboratory times
The Royal Society reports that every £1 invested in medical research delivers a return equivalent of around 25 pence every year, forever. Here, Katie Gray explains how UK laboratories are remaining productive during the lockdown.- Coronavirus
Danish robots assist in European testing for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
A Danish pipetting robot is automating coronavirus testing processes in European hospitals. The robot, called flowbot ONE, significantly reduces the time it takes for laboratories to produce results for patients potentially infected with SARS-CoV-2.- Coronavirus
Safer ELISA antibody testing with convenient buffer removal
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to the development of novel RT-PCR-based tests to detect the virus. As the situation has progressed, serology tests are now needed to evaluate the immune response of patients, and assess immunity in the general public.- Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG detection from whole blood, serum and plasma
The ScheBo SARS-CoV-2 Quick is a combined immunochromatographic lateral-flow test for the simultaneous qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibodies in whole blood, serum or plasma, with test results after 15 minutes.- Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 kit for research into measuring the T-cell immune response
Oxford Immunotec has released the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 test kit. This could make a significant contribution to development of a tool to manage the current pandemic, and help nations come out of lockdown faster, safer and in a controlled manner- Coronavirus
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