With COVID-19 cases steadily rising within the state, the City of Northampton will offer COVID-19 PCR molecular testing at their local Senior Center.

There’s a big difference between the standard at-home antigen test and a molecular (PCR or NAAT) test. Molecular tests are the ones you want when accurate testing is important. Here are four ...

Employing 21st-century molecular testing will prove to be an essential part of true antibiotic and antifungal stewardship.

Hundreds of COVID-19 tests have been authorized by the FDA since the start of the pandemic. Molecular PCR tests remain the “gold standard” way to detect COVID-19.

A molecular alternative that uses real-time PCR technology, however, has the potential to increase the specificity and sensitivity of pathogen detection. Additionally, advancements in UTI testing now ...

Rather than dismiss PCR, the focus should be on using it correctly — combining molecular precision with clinical context and oversight.

Minute Molecular Diagnostics, whose device can provide 15-minute COVID-19 PCR tests, receives emergency use authorization. Now, it’s ramping up production to fully commercialize.

Minute Molecular is beginning production of its COVID-19 diagnostic test and is seeking government and private partnerships to accelerate the delivery of the DASH SARS-CoV-2/S Test and Analyzer.

As variants emerged, they developed a PCR test that uses molecular beacons not only to diagnose COVID-19 infection, but also to identify the specific variant causing that infection.

Before the advent of at-home molecular testing, a definitive diagnosis of influenza relied on a PCR assay, with lab confirmation often required to initiate treatment with Tamiflu — a drug that ...