Q: When discussing the quick antibody tests, can you explain the difference between IgM and IgG antibodies? A: Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is the first antibody the body produces when it encounters a ...

The petitioner’s husband was a junior engineer at the Obra Thermal Power Project of the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan ...

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda continues to spread rapidly in the affected areas. The World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak a Public ...

Mass community testing is a critical means for monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the gold standard for detecting the causative coronavirus 2 ...

Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives by treating previously fatal bacterial infections with ease. Yet today, their power is in serious jeopardy. Every year in the United ...

A new RT-PCR test detects intestinal enterococci in drinking water within 3–4 hours, offering faster identification of ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

Syndromic reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction tests for respiratory infections were associated with lower health care resource utilization and costs, implicating potential for improved ...

Allahabad High Court orders Rs 50 lakh Covid ex gratia, ruling a govt hospital’s positive antigen test is valid proof even ...

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has served as the cornerstone of SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis since the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The technique’s capacity to amplify ...