Bryan Tieman is a Principal Scientist in the Diagnostics Division of Abbott Laboratories (IL, USA) and is a member of the Biologics Discovery Group where he creates binding agents and targets for the ...

Many factors have been identified as having the ability to affect the sensitivity of rapid antigen detection (RAD) tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The authors ...

As new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to emerge, concerns have been raised about the performance of rapid antigen tests. The team, which was funded by NIH's Rapid Acceleration of ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers developed a high-throughput, rapid antigen severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein detection ...

Immunosensors are widely used in immunoassays to detect antigens. One such immunosensor is a quenchbody (Q-body), which contains a modified antibody fragment with a quenched fluorescent dye. When an ...

In a Sept. 9 speech, U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to increase production of rapid tests amid a raft of measures designed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic ( bit.ly/3D8eXac). “From the start, America ...

Researchers have shown that commercially available rapid antigen tests can detect past and present variants of concern and have identified potential mutations that may impact test performance in the ...

With the ever-increasing pace of biological research, there is a plethora of headlines describing novel and fascinating discoveries about our natural world. What’s easy to overlook, however, is the ...

Jan 19 (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories' ABT.N rapid COVID-19 antigen test is highly likely to correctly detect if people have ever contracted the virus and could help with earlier isolation, according ...

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