Nanopore System Allows Diagnostic Testing of Viral Diseases As Accurate as Conventional PCR Tests

Medicine & Technology Apr 10, 2024

A group of researchers has developed a new diagnostic tool which can test for SARS-CoV-2 and Zika virus in just a matter of hours. Learn more about it in this article.

New Monkeypox PCR Test Will Give Results in 90 Minutes, Help Mitigate Spread of Virus

Jun 30, 2022

A PCR test for monkeypox that can detect the virus in less than 2 hours was developed aiming to trace and control the outbreak effectively. Read to know more.

COVID-19 Detecting Dog Knows When You Have the Virus With 90% Accuracy

May 24, 2021

A new study recently showed that COVID-19-detecting dogs can identify more than 90 percent of COVID-19 infections even if a person is asymptomatic.

Israel Developed New Device That Detects COVID-19 in Just 30 Seconds By Smelling A Person's Breath

Aug 24, 2020

Previous studies have trained dogs to smell COVID-19 and are now considered as the gold standard for detecting COVID-19 through smell. Now a new device developed in Israel could also detect whether a person is likely to have Covid-19 by ‘smelling’ their breath.