Though they’re not perfect, at-home tests will detect infections about 80% of the time, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. So is there any reason to get a PCR test anymore? Judging by ...

With Covid-19 cases up across the country, many people are once again relying on home tests to guide decisions about going to work and sending their kids to school and other activities. A lot of those ...

PCR is a mainstay in diagnostics, but whether a sample is collected at a clinic or at home, such tests require sending a sample to a lab and then waiting for results. A new FDA authorized ...

Nathaniel Hafer receives funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Anuradha Rao receives funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and ...

A new biotechnology company in McKinney has ambitions to become the world’s first fully integrated platform for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing — the same technology behind a common COVID-19 ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. These days, many people use at-home COVID-19 tests when they feel ill, rather than going out to get tested by a professional.

Northwestern scientists have created the fastest-ever hepatitis C diagnostic, delivering accurate results in only 15 minutes. The test uses the DASH rapid PCR system, originally developed for COVID, ...