An effective strategy to stopping COVID-19 includes widespread and periodic testing. This was the approach taken in the northern Italian town of Vo where the pandemic was slowed down as the University of Padua study contributed to local health officials to not...
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First RT-PCR COVID-19 Test Made Domestically Approved by India’s Regulatory Authority
Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd, a firm focusing considerable effort on sub-atomic analytic units is reported to have developed a COVID-19 test pack called PathoDetect COVID-19 Qualitative PCR Pack that has been approved by the Indian regulatory authority. It’s...
Skåne University Hospital & Partners Study Alzheimer’s Tracking Via Blood Test
UK and Swedish researchers conducting a long-term study supporting the potential that testing blood levels for neurofilament light could be a noninvasive method to track the progress of Alzheimer’s disease. This protein spills out of damaged and dying nerve cells into...
Blood Test to Diagnose PTSD Developed by Indiana University Researchers
Researchers at Indiana University have developed a revolutionary blood test that could help more accurately diagnose and treat those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. The research, published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, was based on a long term...
University of Pennsylvania Researchers on Quest to Detect Cancer Via Blood Test
As reported in Evolving-Science, currently blood tests are used for a range of diagnostic tests covering diabetes to kidney disease and in the future perhaps even Alzheimer’s disease. Blood is rich in informative proteins and molecules such as sugars and DNA that are...
Digital Health App Vendor AliveCor Awarded Breakout Status by FDA
Christina Farr of CNBC reports that AliveCor, a Silicon Valley start-up that develops technology to monitor people's heart health, on Monday received "breakthrough device" designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for developing a new way to detect high...