Ureaplasma is a type of bacteria that lives in the respiratory and urogenital tracts of a large share of healthy adults. It isn’t new, it isn’t classified as a sexually transmitted infection, and in ...

Rapid UTI PCR testing entered UK clinical use for the first time at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on October 28, 2026.

Genefluence’s rapid PCR test for UTIs is now in clinical use, enabling one-hour detection of pathogens and resistance genes.

The diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) has largely been informed by urinalysis or urine culture. More recently, urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing has become a more available ...

Medical and consumer genetics innovator Genefluence today announces the first use of its rapid, near-patient diagnostic platform to screen for urinary tract infections (UTIs), at the Royal Hospital ...

Arthropod-borne diseases such as Dengue, Chikungunya, Malaria (caused by Plasmodium spp.), and Zika are endemic and re-emerging infections in tropical and subtropical regions. During heavy monsoon ...

Virome capture sequencing detected viruses in 48 percent of PCR-negative influenza-like illness samples from a Mexican cohort ...

Most of us have been tested for COVID-19 over the past few years. If that’s true of you, you know the routine: you go to a testing site, give your sample, a medical professional sends it to a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.