Rapid Micro Methods News

Meridian’s Rapid and Easy Test for M. Pneumoniae Now Available in the US

Meridian Bioscience announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its new…

byRapidMicro •June 20, 2016

Alere q HIV-1/2 Detect Point-of-Care Molecular HIV Assay Receives WHO Prequalification

Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostics, today announced that its Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect…

byRapidMicro •June 20, 2016

Rapid Test for Group B Strep at Labour Piloted

Implementing a rapid test for group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women at the onset of labour…

byRapidMicro •June 20, 2016

MRSA Detection Technology Developed by TGen-NAU is Granted First Patent

Antibiotic-resistant infections should be easier to detect, and hospitals could become safer, than…

byRapidMicro •June 20, 2016

Nanoparticles May be Used for Accurate and Cheaper Malaria Diagnosis

Nanoparticles may be the key to cheaper and more accurate ways of diagnosing malaria. Chun Huh, …

byRapidMicro •June 20, 2016

SRC's Aklus Shield Selected for S. Korean Airborne Biodefense Program

SRC has been selected to work on the initial deployment of the Aklus Shield J-Model biological def…

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Rapid Retrieval of Live, Infectious Pathogens from Clinical Samples

Pinpointing the type of bacteria that are at the root of an infection in clinical samples removed …

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Advanced Airborne Pathogen Detection Technology Comes to America

Disinfection Services LLC, the North American distributor for Ireland-based NuWave Sensors, will l…

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Laser Scatterometer Distinguishes Wild Type, Mutant Bacteria

A laser scatterometer tool has been demonstrated to quickly and noninvasively detect harmful bacte…

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Ebola Test From J&J's Janssen Earns FDA Emergency Use Authorization

The FDA has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for Johnson & Johnson (J&J) subsidiar…

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Device Can Diagnose Malaria in 5 Seconds

Malaria, which affects 200 million people each year, is one of the deadliest diseases in the world…

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

Luminex Receives CE-IVD Mark for ARIES Flu A/B & RSV Assay

Luminex Corporation announced that it has received CE-IVD  status under the European Directive on …

byRapidMicro •June 10, 2016

UK Grants Support Novel Methods of Combating Resistant Infections

Researchers at the University of Bristol received a grant to develop a rapid diagnostic test that …

byRapidMicro •June 01, 2016

Meta-Genomics Analysis Tool Taxonomer Can Rapidly and Accurately Detect Pathogens

Scientists at the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, and IDbyDNA, Inc., have developed ultra-f…

byRapidMicro •June 01, 2016

Spartan Bioscience Unveils the World’s Smallest DNA-testing Device

Spartan Bioscience today introduced the Spartan Cube, the world’s smallest commercial molecular di…

byRapidMicro •June 01, 2016

bioMérieux Acquires Hyglos and Expands its Offering to the Detection of Endotoxins

bioMérieux, a global player in in vitro diagnostics and world leader in industrial microbiological…

byRapidMicro •June 01, 2016