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RNA Extraction Testing for COVID-19 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) have emphasised the crucial importance of viral testing. This has therefore led to a huge demand for high-throughput testing of throat and nasopharyngeal samples (Source). The greater number of patients being qualitatively tested for coronavirus, the more treatment can be provided, and the greater the reduction in …

Rapid COVID-19 Antibody Detection Tests: Principles and Methods What does the COVID-19 Rapid POC CE-IVD Test detect? The test detects the presence of patient-generated antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the disease COVID-19. The test can detect two types of antibody isotypes: IgG and IgM. IgM antibodies are the first antibodies to appear in response to a novel antigen. They imply a more recently initiated i …

PCR Detection of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Contents Background Assay Information Sample Types       Upper Respiratory       Lower Respiratory Notes Background COVID-19 (causative agent: SARS-CoV-2), the novel Coronavirus outbreak which has brought the capital of China’s Hubei province to a standstill, has been deemed a Public Health Emergency of International C …

Tocilizumab (Actemra®) in COVID-19 Treatment What is Tocilizumab? Tocilizumab, also called atlizumab, is an immunosuppressive humanised monoclonal antibody which targets the IL-6 receptor. IL-6 is a cytokine which is involved in many important immune responses—discussed below— but which can also contribute to the pathogenesis of certain diseases, specifically autoimmune diseases and certain types of cancers. Most n …

COVID-19 Testing Results in 15 Minutes Accurate detection of IgM and IgG patient-generated antibodies with the rapid, point-of-contact CE-IVD test window.SHOGUN_IMAGE_ELEMENTS = window.SHOGUN_IMAGE_ELEMENTS || new Array(); window.SHOGUN_IMAGE_ELEMENTS.push({ hoverImage: '', uuid: 's-7517deb9-2310-4b27-bd23-3eba3e3ba42c' }) COVID-19 Immunoassay Quick Facts …