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Hyperspectral imaging is now becoming widely used as a tool for monitoring crop health, and developments in Raman spectroscopy might prove useful not just for plant monitoring but understanding some of the underlying mechanisms associated with plant diseases and immunity.

Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against the use of 10 antigen and rapid test kit brands for the detection of the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In its Advisory No. 2021-2452, the FDA said these brands failed the "performa

The home and point-of-care testing platforms target the need for high-performance, low-cost home tests and point-of-care tests that can potentially detect multiple respiratory infections.

Dengue virus infection is prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world, which is fatal if untreated symptomatically. Emergence of new genotype within serotypes led to enhanced severity. The objective of the study is to identify the molecular characteristics of the DENV circulated during 2017 outbreak in Tamil Nadu, India and, to investigate the role of inflammatory cytokines in different ‘serotypes’ and in ‘dengue severity’. A total of 135 suspected samples were tested for...

/PRNewswire/ -- USA Swimming, the national governing body for the sport of swimming in the United States, and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a...

National Pork Board Julian Montoya Lopez, Juan Sanhueza, Carles Vilalta, Cesar Corzo, University of Minnesota | May 11, 2021 Porcine coronaviruses have been present in the U.S. swine industry for several years (Stevenson et al., 2013). Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) and porcine Deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) continue to be part of the list of differential diagnosis when facing a clinical case of gastrointestinal disease (Marthale...

Photo supplied by Web Industries An operator at Web Industries in Massachusetts loads cassette magazines of test devices onto a Campbell Revolution Flow Wrapper. Using a form-fill-seal approach, the equipment packs each test kit, together with a desiccant pack, in a metallized pouch. With help from a nimble partner, medical device giant BD took its rapid COVID-19 test kit from concept to large-scale production in a matter of months. For many in medical packaging, 2020 ...

Share this article Share this article FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- USA Track & Field (USATF) and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, have partnered to provide rapid COVID-19 testing for USATF athletes at Journey to Gold meets to help get USATF professional athletes back to competition safely through the use of the BD Veritor™ Plus system. USA Track & Field (USATF) and BD have partnered to provide rapid COVID-19 ...

Share this article Share this article FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid antigen test to be used for SARS-CoV-2 screening through serial testing of asymptomatic individuals. BD today announced the FDA has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its BD Veritor�...

Share this article Share this article SILVER SPRING, Md., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Following recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration actions to support test development, the FDA took swift action this week to get more tests for screening asymptomatic individuals on the market. Today, the agency authorized several tests for over-the-counter (OTC) use without a prescription when used for serial screening. In addition to the tests authorized for OTC use, one serial screening test was author...