Rapid Micro Methods Blog

FDA, CDC, and CMS Launch Task Force to Facilitate Rapid Availability of Diagnostic Tests During Public Health Emergencies

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cent…

byRapidMicro •March 02, 2019

Researchers Propose Rapid Ebola Test Using Nanotechnology

Just as Ebola was finally fading from the headlines, it came back in the news with shocking reports:…

byRapidMicro •December 19, 2015

Colorado Researchers Fighting to Get Ahead of the Next Ebola Outbreak

ReEBOV may be one of the most important technologies developed by Corgenix Medical Corp., but it'…

byRapidMicro •May 24, 2015

WHO Approves Rapid Ebola Test

The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that it has approved for use a ra…

byRapidMicro •February 21, 2015

Harvard, MIT Researchers Develop Rapid Diagnostic for Virus Detection

Thanks to research by Lee Gehrke, a professor of health sciences and technology, and other researche…

byRapidMicro •February 13, 2015

Solar Powered Suitcase Laboratory for Rapid Detection of Ebola

Scientists of the DPZ have developed a portable laboratory for the diagnosis of the ebola-virus. The…

byRapidMicro •January 15, 2015

World's Earliest Diagnostic Test for Ebola, Within 24 Hours of Infection

Marking a critical turning point in the fight against Ebola, a new Rapid Ebola Pre-Symptom Screening…

byRapidMicro •December 02, 2014

WHO: Rapid, Sensitive, Safe and Simple Ebola Diagnostic Tests Urgently Needed

The goal of interrupting chains of Ebola virus transmission depends heavily on laboratory support. T…

byRapidMicro •November 18, 2014

The Next Generation Rapid Ebola Diagnostic Tests

Responsible for almost 5000 deaths, the Ebola epidemic has ravaged West Africa and acted as a cataly…

byRapidMicro •November 11, 2014

Researchers Continue to Seek a Fast, Finger-Prick Ebola Test

Searching for a new way to attack Ebola, companies and academic researchers are now racing to develo…

byRapidMicro •November 10, 2014

Synthetic Gene Networks Printed on Paper for Rapid and Inexpensive Detection of Ebola

In their new paper in the  journal Cell , Keith Pardee, James J. Collins and colleagues from C…

byRapidMicro •October 31, 2014

Novel Biosensor Technology Could Allow Rapid Detection of Ebola Virus

In 2010, Ahmet Ali Yanik published his first paper on the rapid detection of Ebola virus using new…

byRapidMicro •October 28, 2014

FDA Guidelines Restrict Use of Ebola Scanning Device at Hospitals

It took two days for the US Centers for Disease Control and the Texas Department of State Health…

byRapidMicro •October 24, 2014

US Federal Government Sits on a Rapid Ebola Test While the Private Sector Ramps Up Its Efforts

Researchers at a government lab have developed a minimally invasive test for Ebola that could cut …

byRapidMicro •October 19, 2014

This New Ebola Test Is As Easy As a Pregnancy Test, So Why Aren’t We Using It?

The best weapon against the outbreak may be one we’re not using: Scientists at Tulane University a…

byRapidMicro •October 10, 2014