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Growing evidence suggests Ct marks severe COVID-19 illness, but with few quantitative assays, lack of standardization across tests, labs shy from routinely reporting this value. The cycle threshold (Ct) in reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) SARS-CoV-2 tests is gaining currency ... Read More
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WHO recommends strengthening lab services to meet a goal of testing 70% of women by 2030. Global cases of cervical cancer are projected to rise from 570,000 to 700,000 between 2018 and 2030, with annual deaths increasing to 400,000 over the next 10 years. Most affected women are young, poor, and ... Read More
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How to Test Vaginal pH with a Simple Test? You may know your vaginal pH using a very simple test. Optimal pH levels are between 3.8 and 4.4. If you have symptoms such as itching, burning, unpleasant odor or unusual vaginal discharge, you may suffer from Bacterial Vaginosis (BV), Trichomoniasis, ... Read More
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What should not appear in urine after a Urinalysis? Urinalysis is a useful procedure as an indicator of health or disease, is therefore a part of routine health screening. Normal urine varies in color from almost colorless to dark yellow. Some foods such as beets and blackberries may turn urine red. ... Read More
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How do I choose the right COVID-19 VTM TEST KITS? The quality of sample and reagents influences the quality of test results Viral Transport Medium (VTM) is intended for the collection and transport of clinical samples containing viruses, chlamydiae, mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas from the collection ... Read More
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In-House Production of Viral Transport Media The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented need for diagnostic reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) testing. The ideal specimen type is currently believed to be a nasopharyngeal (NP) swab specimen transported to a molecular microbiology laboratory in ... Read More
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Recent research suggests that obesity, type 2 diabetes, and high blood pressure increase teenagers' risk of premature aging of blood vessels (before age 55 for males and before age 65 for females). Teenagers with any of these three health problems are more likely to develop thicker, stiffer blood ... Read More
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Diagnostic testing key for better classifying and managing the full spectrum of disease. Diagnostic testing could be the linchpin for developing precision prevention, therapeutics, treatments, and prognostics in diabetes, according to an international consensus report. Precision diagnostics in type ... Read More
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Diagnostic testing could be the linchpin for developing precision prevention, therapeutics, treatments, and prognostics in diabetes, according to an international consensus report. Precision diagnostics in type 1 and type 2 diabetes has made a great deal of progress, “but at this stage it remains ... Read More
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