Berkeley scientists have developed a smartphone-based biosensor that mimics coffee-ring physics to detect disease proteins with exceptional sensitivity — but more research is needed before it reaches ...

PCMC has launched probe against hospital in Wakad for allegedly charging more than ₹600 fixed by state government for dengue ...

Because of funding made available by the state, 47 employees have been hired in the last two years, and most have completed the training to test rape kits. By 2025, the TBI wants to have 50 people ...

Confirmatory dengue tests in Nashik are facing delays as the district cell runs out of Elisa kits, impacting over 300 blood samples. Health officials are awaiting urgent replenishment.

In Test Results, she asks you to visit a pharmacy on the second floor of the city's mall in the town's center. There, in the back room, you'll find a testing kit that should provide her with ...

As of August 2023, the TBI said it was down to 477 untested kits. According to its latest data, the TBI shows 394 pending requests for cases involving sexual assault cases as of March 29th, 2024.

Since the end of 2022, TBI cut their turnaround time for testing rape kits from 44 weeks to 27 weeks. “Some band aids had been put on it, but no surgery has ever been done,” Smith said.

The first, called the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test, looks for the presence of antibodies to the Lyme-causing Borrelia burgdorferi and the Borrelia mayonii bacteria.