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MRIGlobal Expert Shares About the Arcturus COVID-19 Variant: What Is Different From Past Variants
This article was originally posted at InfectionControlToday.com. Yet another subvariant. But what makes this one different? Should we be more concerned? Christopher Weiss, PhD, a senior scientist at MRIGlobal in the Infectious Diseases Surveillance and Diagnostics group, is a guest author. Arcturus is what we’re defining as a subvariant of Omicron. For those people following […]
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Working With Marburg in the Lab: An MRIGlobal Investigator Explains
This article was originally posted on April 17, 2023 at InfectionControlToday.com. Since the Marburg virus is deadly, what would it be like to work with it in a laboratory setting? And what can be done to protect those who work with patients with Marburg? What is it like to come face-to-face with a killer, even […]
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T2 Biosystems Readies Biothreat Panel for FDA Submission While Keeping Eye on Sepsis Market
Read the entire article at https://www.genomeweb.com/ NEW YORK – With support from the US government, T2Biosystems recently completed the clinical evaluation of a rapid assay to detect six biothreat organisms and plans to submit it to the US Food and Drug Administration for regulatory clearance, followed by commercialization of the test. As it prepares to […]
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Predicting the Next Pandemic
Kansas City, Mo.: (Feb. 20, 2023) – We have some of the tools to predict the next infectious disease pandemic – but to effectively utilize them, we must better collaborate. This needs to occur across disciplines and sectors from top-down policy makers to bottom-up working level and throughout the global scientific community. Using technologies like […]
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T2 Biosystems Announces Positive Results from MRIGlobal Testing upon Completion of U.S. Clinical Evaluation for the T2Biothreat Panel
As originally posted at WSJ.com LEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — T2 Biosystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTOO), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, today announced positive results upon completion of the U.S. clinical evaluation for the T2BiothreatTM Panel. “We believe the T2Biothreat Panel demonstrates very high sensitivity and […]
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Validation of a Portable SARS-CoV-2 Multiplex PCR Panel for Five Major Variants of Concern
From the Jan. 10 Biodefense Headlines online: Here researchers have created a panel of four triplex RT-qPCR assays targeting 12 mutations to detect and differentiate all five variants of concern: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron. They also developed an expanded pentaplex assay that can reliably distinguish among the major sublineages (BA.1-BA.5) of Omicron. In […]
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Are You Using This Anti-COVID Secret Weapon?
Featuring our Dr. Gene Olinger, read the complete article on WebMD.com. If you vowed to start exercising this year, here’s another incentive to help you stick to your guns: You could protect yourself from potentially devastating COVID-19 outcomes like hospitalization and even death.The evidence is piling up that physical activity can lower the risk of […]
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ForgeFX Simulations and MRIGlobal Deliver Augmented Reality Mission Planner
SAN FRANCISCO, November 8, 2022 (Newswire.com) – ForgeFX Simulations is honored to be a long-standing training simulator development partner of renowned Midwest research institute MRIGlobal. ForgeFX collaborated with MRIGlobal to develop Checkpoint, an augmented reality tabletop mission planning prototype application built for the Microsoft HoloLens 2. This application was recently recognized by the Joint Program […]
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MRIGlobal Researchers Offer Insight into Aerosol Test Chambers: Current State and Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read more from Biodefense Headlines – 23 October 2022 – Global Biodefense There are countless aerosol test chambers (ATCs) worldwide and this number along with numerous high containment biological laboratories underscores the need for technical standards, regulatory and dual-use compliance. ATCs are often not under governmental oversight, which make it difficult to estimate their exact […]
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Biomeme, MRIGlobal Collaborate on Portable COVID Variant Surveillance System
NEW YORK – Philadelphia-based PCR instrument and assay developer Biomeme and Kansas City, Missouri-based contract research organization MRIGlobal have recently validated a SARS-CoV-2 variant surveillance system. Read more from GenomeWeb.com. The lyophilized assay can detect 12 mutations to distinguish five major variants of concern – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron – on high-throughput PCR […]
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MRIGlobal Validates Biomeme’s Rapid, Accessible, and Portable SARS-COV-2 Genotyping Panel
Kansas City, Mo.: (August 30, 2022) – In a breakthrough for SARS-COV-2 diagnostics, MRIGlobal played a key role in research on the design, development, testing, and validation of a multiplex panel that detects five major variants of concern – Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Omicron – on a portable platform. This advancement will enable extended […]
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Doctors Explain These Are the First Symptoms of Monkeypox to Look Out For
Be aware of these first initial signs of infection as Monkeypox cases continue to rise. View the complete article at Parade.com. With thousands of cases reported in countries all around the world, chances are you’ve been seeing a lot of news surrounding Monkeypox 2022 lately. With COVID still affecting all of our lives, adding another […]
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