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COVID-19 Diagnostics: How Do Saliva Tests Compare to Swabs?
COVID-19 Diagnostics: How Do Saliva Tests Compare to Swabs?
From hospitals and college campuses to remote villages in French Guiana, scientists have pit the two approaches against one other. See which one comes out ahead.
From hospitals and college campuses to remote villages in French Guiana, scientists have pit the two approaches against one other. See which one comes out ahead.
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AI Helps Predict Winners and Losers in Clinical Trials
Roni Dengler, PhD | Aug 3, 2021 | 4 min read
Pradipta Ghosh has plans to revolutionize the drug discovery pipeline.
Activities Discovered for Some Inactive Drug Ingredients
Ruth Williams | Jul 23, 2020 | 4 min read
Screens of hundreds of drug excipients reveal that some can interact with biological targets, contradicting their FDA categorization as inert.
An Overview of High Throughput Screening
Tanvir Khan, PhD | 5 min read
High throughput screening (HTS) relies on liquid handling devices, robotics, plate readers, and data processing software to automatically test a large number of biological, genetic, chemical, or pharmacological samples.
Researchers Seek a Simple, Rapid Test for SARS-CoV-2 in Sewage
Jef Akst | Jul 6, 2020 | 5 min read
Onsite testing at wastewater treatment plants could aid efforts to monitor for outbreaks of COVID-19 around the world, but such technologies are in the early stages of development.
AI Learns from Lung CT Scans to Diagnose COVID-19
Claire Jarvis | Jun 10, 2020 | 3 min read
Lesions in the lungs of patients with pneumonia caused by a SARS-CoV-2 infection are distinct from those caused by bacteria.
Bringing Fluency to Clinical Diagnostics Through Automation
Tecan | 1 min read
Automated liquid handling workstations offer flexibility for a wide range of application and process needs.
Image of the Day: Huo-Yan Air Lab
Amy Schleunes | Apr 9, 2020 | 1 min read
An inflatable biosafety laboratory may help meet the global need for testing infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blood-Based Epigenetic Screen Tests for Diabetes Complications
Katarina Zimmer | Oct 1, 2019 | 4 min read
Researchers could accurately detect life-threatening vascular complications in type 2 diabetes patients by analyzing hydroxymethylated cytosines in freely circulating DNA.
Adapting Flow Cytometry for Drug Discovery Workflows
The Scientist and Bio-Rad Laboratories | 1 min read
Explore how flow cytometry innovations expand and accelerate cell profiling.
New Guidelines Expand BRCA Screening
Ashley P. Taylor | Aug 21, 2019 | 2 min read
US Preventive Services Task Force recommends genetic testing for mutations in the cancer-related genes for more—but not all—women.
Heel Prick, 1957
Ashley Yeager | Jul 15, 2019 | 3 min read
Robert Guthrie’s blood test for the metabolic disorder phenylketonuria launched a worldwide movement to screen every baby for the disease soon after birth.
Driving Disease Research and Therapeutics with Large-Scale Proteomics
The Scientist and SomaLogic | 1 min read
Explore how technology enables large-scale proteomics for biomarker discovery and clinical application.
Genetically Personalized Fruit Flies Screen for Cancer Drugs
Ruth Williams | May 22, 2019 | 4 min read
Fly avatars bearing multiple genetic changes akin to those of a cancer patient lead to a tailor-made treatment that has shrunk the patient’s tumors.
Prenatal Sequencing for Some Autism Genes May Soon Be Available
Jessica Wright | Apr 22, 2019 | 4 min read
Two studies, taken together, imply that sequencing can identify a genetic cause for ultrasound abnormalities in roughly 10 percent of cases.
A Guide for High-Throughput Screens with Pluripotent Stem Cells
The Scientist Creative Services Team in collaboration with Miltenyi Biotec | 1 min read
Experts discuss reliable high-throughput workflows for PSC-derived cellular screens
Image of the Day: Cancer Spheroid
The Scientist Staff | May 15, 2018 | 1 min read
3-D balls of cells can be used to screen for potential cancer drugs.
Human Cancer Drugs May Be Effective in Tasmanian Devils
Shawna Williams | Apr 9, 2018 | 2 min read
A new study reveals similarities between the transmissible cancers that infect the endangered marsupials, and hints at ways to treat them.
Technique Talk: ELISA Tips and Tricks
The Scientist | 1 min read
Learn to optimize ELISA experiments in this workshop.
Genetic Screens Provide Clues About Prognosis, Risk of Second Cancer
Shawna Williams | Apr 1, 2018 | 5 min read
Mutations in the TP53 gene appear to influence the prognosis and likelihood of future cancers in pediatric leukemia patients.