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AMP Cautions Against Using Cycle Threshold Values for PCR SARS-CoV-2 Tests in Clinical Practice
Although a cycle threshold value may help determine patient prognosis and risk of transmission, there is limited data on making clinical decisions based on Ct values, AMP said.
ACMG Presentation Highlights Broad Institute's Massive Expansion of COVID-19 Testing Program
The Broad's clinical research sequencing lab now runs 135,000 tests each day and routinely tests more than 100 higher education sites and 40 schools in the state.
PerkinElmer Preliminary Q1 Revenues Grow 98 Percent; FDA Issues EUA for PCR COVID-19 Test
Core revenues were up 10 percent organically, while COVID-19 testing contributed $535 million to revenues in Q1 2021.
NIH RADx Program Awards $29.3M to Increase SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity
The contracts are for two lateral flow rapid antigen tests, a laboratory-based test to detect and identify SARS-CoV-2 variants, and a rapid RT-PCR test.
As SARS-CoV-2 Variants Complicate Efforts to Tame Pandemic, Eurofins Test Helps to ID Mutations
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Eurofins said its new multiplex PCR kit could be impactful for countries looking to gain control of disease clusters triggered by SARS-CoV-2 variants.