Logo

respiratory infection

Team Tracks Genetic Factors Linked to Severe COVID-19, Other Viral Infections in Children

At ACMG, researchers presented results from an ongoing effort using a growing sample collection to find genetic contributors to severe viral infections in children.

DARPA Programs Leveraging Host-Response Testing, CRISPR for Future Pandemic Preparedness
Premium

DARPA program managers said they are developing different testing modalities that are crucially linked in their objective to facilitate more comprehensive and faster testing.

With Diagenode Acquisition, Hologic Expects to Expand Panther Fusion Testing Menu
Premium

Diagenode already sells more than 30 real-time PCR tests that are CE-marked for the detection of bacteria, parasites, and viruses for multiple infectious diseases.

GenMark Diagnostics Q4 Revenues Rise 84 Percent on MDx Sales

GenMark said its ePlex molecular diagnostic product revenue for Q4 was $45.4 million, an increase of 138 percent over the fourth quarter of 2019.

Illumina, IDbyDNA Flesh Out Sequencing-Based Respiratory Tests
Premium

The two firms aim to bring down costs and turnaround time with two newly-launched sequencing tests for respiratory pathogens, RVOP 2 and Explify RPIP.

Nov 16, 2020

Qiagen Obtains CE Mark for Multiplex Respiratory Infection Test, Saliva-Based SARS-CoV-2 Assay

Nov 11, 2020

OpGen Posts 70 Percent Increase in Q3 Revenues Amid Shuffling of Portfolio

Nov 9, 2020

SpeeDx Partners With Nepean Hospital on Respiratory Viral Illness Test

Nov 5, 2020

Luminex Q3 Revenues Rise 35 Percent on Coronavirus Testing Demand

Oct 14, 2020

Tempus Enters Infectious Disease Market With Large-Scale COVID-19 Testing, Data Initiative
Premium

Oct 13, 2020

Enzo Biochem Q4 Revenues Down 7 Percent

Oct 8, 2020

GenMark Sees Jump in Preliminary Q3 Revenues, Nabs Respiratory Panel FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Oct 6, 2020

BioFire Diagnostics, UMass Medical Coronavirus Tests Get FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Sep 24, 2020

BARDA Awards $5.4M to Luminex for Expanded Respiratory Panel With Coronavirus Target

Aug 3, 2020

NHS Will Roll Out COVID-19 Tests From DnaNudge, Oxford Nanopore Across UK

Jul 15, 2020

BioMérieux BioFire Respiratory Panel With SARS-CoV-2 Target Nabs CE Mark

Jul 9, 2020

Qiagen Reports Preliminary Q2 Revenue Growth of 18 to 19 Percent

Jul 3, 2020

CDC Combined COVID-19/Influenza Test Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization

May 4, 2020

GenMark Diagnostics Q1 Revenues Grow 80 Percent

Apr 22, 2020

Researchers See Immune, Age Contributors to Childhood Respiratory Virus Response

Apr 2, 2020

Siemens Healthineers Developing Molecular Kit for Coronavirus Detection

Apr 2, 2020

Bosch Healthcare Solutions, Randox Laboratories Develop Coronavirus Test

Mar 31, 2020

Qiagen Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for SARS-CoV-2 Respiratory Panel

Mar 23, 2020

GenMark Awarded $749K BARDA Grant for Development of Coronavirus Respiratory Panel

Mar 18, 2020

Qiagen Respiratory Panel With Coronavirus Targets Receives CE Mark

Breaking News
The Scan

Renewed Gain-of-Function Worries

The New York Times writes that the pandemic is renewing concerns about gain-of-function research.

Who's Getting the Patents?

A trio of researchers has analyzed gender trends in biomedical patents issued between 1976 and 2010 in the US, New Scientist reports.

Other Uses

CBS Sunday Morning looks at how mRNA vaccine technology could be applied beyond SARS-CoV-2.

PLOS Papers Present Analysis of Cervicovaginal Microbiome, Glycosylation in Model Archaea, More

In PLOS this week: functional potential of the cervicovaginal microbiome, glycosylation patterns in model archaea, and more.