To rapid test or not to rapid test for COVID-19
As the pandemic has struck the predicted second wave, public struggles persist with lifestyle restrictions, but our knowledge to identify and fight the virus has significantly progressed. With tests developed, distributed and administered satisfactorily for most symptomatic sufferers (PCR), and the vaccine roll out for the most vulnerable, science and medicine turn to consider the silent carriers of SARS-CoV-2…the asymptomatic vectors. The case for rapid antigen testing using Lateral Flow At present testing...
The best sample type for SARS-CoV-2 virus rapid tests will surprise you!
Two types of tests for SARS-CoV-2 currently predominate. The first are molecular tests, based on PCR technology, that detect the presence of viral nucleic acid and therefore indicate a current infection. The second are serology tests that are designed to detect anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies (usually IgG) generated by the immune systems of individuals who have been infected in the past. RT-PCR to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus is relatively slow and requires specialist laboratories....
SARS-CoV-2 – Beware Antibody Tests with <100% Specificity
We are in the midst of the most significant global pandemic since the 1918-19 Influenza pandemic, over 100 years ago. The 2020 pandemic has been caused by a Coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, which confers a severe respiratory illness (COVID-19) on a proportion of those infected. The virus is readily transmissible from human to human with many of those infected showing no or mild symptoms, meaning it is hard to know who...
Our MD interviewed by Sona Nanotech at AACC
Our Managing Director James Steggles took time out at the recent AACC conference to join up with Sona Nanotech (experts in colloidal gold for Lateral Flow / Rapid Tests) to discuss human patient materials, reagents for IVD immunoassays and more! Tune in here: https://anchor.fm/sonananotech ...
