Different medical institutions have selected different imported and domestic brand instruments: 38 domestic and 58 imported.

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NEW YORK A new UK-based research consortium is betting that sequencing the virus that causes COVID-19 can provide policymakers with a clearer picture of the spread of the epidemic across the country as diagnostic testing remains limited. I

NEW YORK Pangolins may be an intermediary host for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a new sequencing analysis has found. While bats are thought to be the likely reservoir of SARS-CoV-2, experts suspect another ho

On March 5, 2020, Amicus Therapeutics announced the official opening of its new Global Research and Gene Therapy Center of Excellence in Philadelphia, PA, to advance its portfolio of rare disease gene therapy programs. Amicus and the Univer

A new test being developed by Austin, TX-based Astrotech could detect coronavirus (COVID-19) and other lung diseases from the metabolites found in a persons breath. The companys BreathTest-1000 is a mass spectrometry technology that was ini

Thermo Fisher Scientific is bringing its diagnostic detects nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to Europe. The Waltham, MA-based company said earlier today it had received CE mark for the test. The test uses Applie

Dear Colleagues, We are in a challenging time as the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerates in New York City. Healthcare providers will need to make critical decisions that are far different than the normal practice of medicine and will like

Outpatient testing must not be encouraged, promoted or advertised. Persons with COVID-like illness not requiring hospitalization should be instructed to stay home. It is safer for the patients and health care workers and testing does not cu

Co-Diagnostics has been part of the coronavirus conversation for the past two months. Whether its been educating the public about the disease or developing diagnostics for the virus, the company has been at the forefront. Now the Salt Lake

Reorg Research reported that Medtronic is in early-stage acquisition talks withLivaNova, news that has been well received by LivaNova shareholders. The firm said Medtronic would subsequently break up LivaNova, keeping its neuromodulation bu

FDA is upping its response to address the novel coronavirus outbreak. The policy is aimed at laboratories seeking to develop diagnostic tests for the coronavirus. The policy allows laboratories to develop and begin to use the diagnostics be