A new HRM PCR approach can track the spread of leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease affecting both animals and humans.

What you need to know: The 2019 guidelines from the World Health Organisation require diagnostic tests to be conducted by trained and supervised personnel to ensure accurate results. Last month, the ...

Digital PCR, or dPCR, is a molecular biology technique that detects and quantifies nucleic acid targets. By partitioning a sample into many individual reactions, scientists can measure whether a ...

There are no new cases of foot-and-mouth disease, while culling and sampling are continuing without obstruction, veterinary ...

Executive Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr Lisa Indar, says the regional health body is continuing to support Jamaica’s public health response and recovery efforts following ...

Explore 40 years of PCR history, from Kary Mullis’s invention story to the rise of digital PCR and how it revolutionized ...

We are at a critical crossroads for the clinical use of ctDNA in early-stage breast cancer, according to Dr. Heather A. Parsons. “What if we could reliably identify molecular re ...

AN “INVASIVE” outbreak of meningitis in Kent has left two students dead – amid a rise in cases of the deadly disease. A ...

Co-occurring alterations in EGFR-mutant NSCLC are increasingly detected via broad NGS and may signal aggressive biology, prompting interest in escalation strategies that address concurrent drivers.

Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus testing is not routinely performed on donors or reci ...

Vitalik Buterin has shared concerns regarding the increasingly controversial uses of the theoretical concept of “AI safety” by companies and governments. Buterin explained on the social media platform ...

CEO Dr Ilian Iliev and Steve Cook, CEO of EMVC portfolio company DName-iT, talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about ...