Rapid Micro Methods Blog

New Methods Can Advance the Development of Rapid Diagnostics for Many Infectious Diseases

Two companion studies report new artificial intelligence approaches for identification of molecular …

byRapidMicro •December 30, 2022

New Liquid-Coated Air Filters can Improve Early Detection and Analysis of Airborne Pathogens

Researchers from the University of Maine and University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed new l…

byRapidMicro •December 14, 2022

Accelerating Pathogen Identification in Infants and Children with Bloodstream Infections

A collaborative team led by researchers from Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSH), L…

byRapidMicro •December 14, 2022

Birmingham Researcher Wins WH Pierce Award for Work on Rapid, Portable Methods for the Detection of Antibiotic Resistance

Organised by Applied Microbiology International, the awards celebrate the brightest minds in the fie…

byRapidMicro •December 14, 2022

Impedance Cytometry for Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

Scientists at Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have come up with a method to rapidl…

byRapidMicro •November 20, 2022

A Simple Label-Free Method Reveals Bacterial Growth Dynamics and Antibiotic Action in Real-Time

Scientists have published a paper in Nature that describes a simple label-free method that reveals b…

byRapidMicro •November 20, 2022

Rapid Diagnostic Testing Highly Accurate for Ebola Virus Disease

Two rapid diagnostic testing methods were found to have high sensitivity and specificity for diagnos…

byRapidMicro •November 20, 2022

Compact Rapid Detection Kit to Test for Monkeypox Virus Shows Promising Results

In a recent report in the journal Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, researchers introduced a c…

byRapidMicro •October 31, 2022

A Rapid Test that Detects Group B Streptococcus is in Development

Scientists at the University of Bath are looking for volunteers to help them develop a new test that…

byRapidMicro •October 31, 2022

Nanotech Bubbles Burst When They Detect Viruses in the Air

Scientists have shown that they can detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in the air by…

byRapidMicro •October 31, 2022

Face Mask Detects Viral Exposure

Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza …

byRapidMicro •October 05, 2022

Blood-Based Diagnostic Cuts Time to Infection Detection

U.S researchers have developed a rapid processing system that can dramatically improve the time take…

byRapidMicro •October 05, 2022

Using Organic Metal Nanohybrid Structures to Simultaneously Identify Multiple Food Poisoning Bacteria

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a simple, rapid method to simultaneously ide…

byRapidMicro •September 01, 2022

Final Revision to Annex 1 Published - Rapid Methods Highlighted

After many years, the final revision to Annex 1 "Manufacture of Sterile Medicinal Products,&quo…

byRapidMicro •August 25, 2022

A Fast, Accurate, Equipment-free Diagnostic Test for SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants

More than two years into the pandemic, the virus that causes COVID—SARS-CoV-2—continues to spread wo…

byRapidMicro •August 17, 2022

New Approaches to BCC detection Using Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

The pharmaceutical, personal care and medical device industries have experienced significant BCC con…

byRapidMicro •August 10, 2022

EU Methods for the Detection and Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Document Updated

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has recently published its second edition of …

byRapidMicro •August 08, 2022

Identifying Bacteria Using Optical Properties of Nanometer-Scaled Metal-Organic Hybrids

A recent study published in Analytical Chemistry proposes a strategy for optical detection of multi…

byRapidMicro •August 03, 2022

Scientists Develop Optical Microring Resonator for the Rapid Detection of Ebola

A new tool can rapidly and reliably detect the presence of Ebola virus in blood samples at lower con…

byRapidMicro •July 22, 2022