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UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell have received an $8.9 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for renewed support of their initiative to advance the development of home-based and point-of-care health technologies.
Serial rapid antigen testing on par with PCR COVID-19 tests, RADx team reports By Susan E.W. Spencer July 07, 2021 A longitudinal study co-authored by UMass Medical School researchers as part of the National Institutes of Health’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative reported that PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 and rapid antigen testing were equally effective in detecting infection when tests were given at least twice per week. Study results represent good news for widespread prevention programs because antigen tests at the point of care or at ...