New chip-based sensor could let consumers test food for contaminants at home

UT Dallas researchers are developing a handheld device that detects bacteria, parasites, pesticides and more in minutes — ...

FDA Grants Emergency Authorization for Bundibugyo Ebola Test

The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for a rapid Ebola test that can detect the virus in ...

Two new therapies and rapid tests could reshape drug-resistant gonorrhea care

Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (the bacterium that causes gonorrhea) has become one of the most urgent antimicrobial-resistant threats to public health worldwide. Clinicians expect to be ...

OraSure Technologies Gets Emergency Use Authorization From FDA for New Ebola Test

OraSure Technologies received emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a new version of its ebola test. The diagnostic testing company said Tuesday it received the ...

OraSure Receives Emergency Use Authorization for Second Generation Ebola Test

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSUR), a global leader in point-of-care and home diagnostic testing and sample collection technologies, announced today that it has received Emergency Use ...

Endometriosis can be diagnosed using a rapid saliva test in 'game-changing' development

Two new tests, EndoSure and Endotest, could drastically reduce the years-long wait for endometriosis diagnoses for millions ...
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Guidelines for the management of iron deficiency anaemia

Correspondence to Brian B Scott, Department of Medicine, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincoln LN2 5QY, UK; drbbscott{at}aol.com Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) occurs in 2–5% of adult men and postmenopausal ...
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The status of tuberculosis vaccine development

dCenter for Global Child Health Research, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, ...
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Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach (GAPPS): a new autosomal dominant syndrome

8 Women's and Children's Hospital, South Australia, Australia Objective The purpose of this study was the clinical and pathological characterisation of a new autosomal dominant gastric polyposis ...