Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, testing for active infection has been a crucial tool to help to control the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, enabling the identification of infected individuals and ...
It has been over a year since the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the United States, and in a month, it will be a year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. At ...
However, the novelty of LAMP technology is that it can amplify viral material without the complex temperature cycling required by PCR testing. The main problem with LAMP diagnostics has been ...
Testing is an important tool in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying and isolating infected individuals and tracing those they have been in contact with, is crucial to reduce spread of ...
The COVID-19 tests in use today are laborious and complicated. They require a skilled professional to take samples, perform the reaction and analyze the results. Also, there is the need for dedicated ...
In a recent study published on the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluate the feasibility and robustness of an optimized reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) ...
CORONAVIRUS test results could be revealed in 20 minutes thanks to a new pilot. According to Dr Hilary Jones the LAMP test could be a 'game changer'. Coronavirus testing is developing quickly. A new, ...