When the first thermal cyclers for the polymerase chain reaction came out in the 1980s, they were as expensive as a market driven by grant money could make them. Things haven’t got much better over ...
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and rapid (antigen) tests for COVID-19 both involve taking a swab. Results for a PCR test take longer, as it needs to go to a laboratory. It is more costly but tends to ...
If you had COVID-19 symptoms in 2020, you probably would have masked up and braved a visit to a laboratory, doctor’s office, or clinic to get a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. A health care ...
Every American traveling abroad needs to take an antigen test to return to the United States. But the start of the trip is often even more cumbersome, as many other countries (nearly every one I have ...
Bronchoalveolar lavage mold PCR showed high sensitivity, faster turnaround than fungal culture, and frequently actionable ...
The extended ALIGN-AR trial represents the largest ever prospective dataset of a dedicated TAVR device for AR patients, providing critical insight on the procedural and longer-term outcomes of TAVR in ...