The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid in England has begun to rise again, new data from the NHS shows. It comes as experts in Europe warned of a new wave of the virus driven by ...

There are many factors to consider when transferring a lab-based test to a lateral flow assay and important validation steps must be taken to ensure comparibly reliable and robust results are achieved ...

Lateral-flow assays are essential tools in diagnostics, offering rapid and accessible testing solutions across a variety of applications. However, assembling a functional and reliable assay requires ...

Only a few years ago the benefits of lateral flow diagnostic tests weren’t widely understood outside of scientific circles. The reason most people came into contact with the technology was through the ...

Editor's Note: Article updated with latest information on availability of tests. People faced problems getting hold of the tests last week after a huge surge in demand prompted the Government website ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. As the coronavirus pandemic continues ...

Scientists and public health experts built the COVID-19 pandemic response on years of experience navigating infectious disease outbreaks. Although lateral flow immunoassays have been central to ...

A Covid-19 lateral flow test showing a negative result. Routine testing to identify those infected followed by efficient contact tracing, and supported isolation is still the most effective public ...

Some passengers will also be able to take the lateral flow test when they arrive at some UK airports, although the Government has not released anymore specific details on this just yet. For a detailed ...

The recently FDA-authorized alpha-defensin lateral flow test is a highly accurate, ten-minute test for diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) - a serious and costly complication of total ...

In a prospective, multicenter, adjudicator blinded clinical trial, Carl A. Deirmengian, MD, FAAOS, and colleagues conducted an alpha-defensin lateral-flow test for periprosthetic joint infection among ...

As a result of the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, Covid case numbers have continued to rise across the UK in record numbers, with 120,821 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. Now, the prime ...