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Dec182020 by adminNo Comments

UK team unveils COVID swab test ‘that returns result in 15 minutes’

Technology

A British company has announced a new type of COVID-19 test that it says can detect people who have contracted the virus using just a saliva swab that can return a result in 15 minutes.Vatic's KnowNow COVID-19 test is a type of lateral flow test, but "works in a completely different way to every other antigen test that exists", according to the company's chief executive Alex Sheppard. Mr Sheppard told Sky News the company was announcing the technological mechanism behind the test ahead of it receiving regulatory approval "simply because it's totally different to anything else out there". The test has two crucial differences, the company explained.Firstly, it uses saliva swabs from the inside of a subject's cheek and under their tongue instead of potentially invasive nasal ones. ...

Aug12020 by adminNo Comments

Pedro dislocates shoulder in final minutes as Chelsea player in FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal with Spaniard set to join Roma

Sports

Pedro’s final moments as a Chelsea player saw him stretchered off the pitch in their FA Cup final defeat to Arsenal. The winger is out of contract with the Blues and the final at Wembley was to be his last chance to make an impact at the club he has spent the last five years at. Getty Images - Getty Pedro suffered a shoulder injury in the final stages of the game The 33-year-old came on 49 minutes into the match when Christian Pulisic suffered a nasty hamstring injury and the teams locked a 1-1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang went on to score his second of the game to put Arsenal ahead before Chelsea’s job of winning the cup was made harder when Mateo Kovacic was sent off. In added time, Pedro was chasing a ball in the box and clashed with goalkeeper Emil...

Jun142020 by adminNo Comments

COVID-19 test can detect virus in saliva, blood, urine in 45 minutes

Health

June 12 (UPI) -- A new test is capable of confirming COVID-19 using urine, blood, saliva or mouth-swab samples in 30 to 45 minutes, according to a study published Friday by the journal PLOS ONE. The new platform relies on reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification, or RT-LAMP, technology, which has been used in the diagnosis of infectious diseases for years, the authors said. Advertisement It's also relatively inexpensive -- both in terms of price and costs associated with use -- they said. "We need more testing options if we are going to be able to stage a successful public health response to coronavirus," study co-author Laura Lamb, a research scientist at Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, told UPI. "This is a rapid test that does not require expensive machinery to run a...

May222020 by adminNo Comments

New urine-based kidney stone test delivers results in 30 minutes

Health

May 22 (UPI) -- A new urine-based testing system can diagnose people with kidney stones in 30 minutes or less, a study published Friday in the journal Science Advances has found. Faster test results mean those with the painful condition can start treatment -- and hopefully recover -- sooner. Current testing approaches take up to 10 days to produce results. "Since the result will be available immediately, such as during an office visit, it will tell the doctor the cause of the stone and guide dietary and pharmacologic interventions," Pak Kin Wong, principal investigator on the study, told UPI. "The doctor can also use the device to monitor the response of the patient to treatment and indicate the need for other treatment options," said Wong, who is professor of biomedical and mechanical e...

Apr272020 by adminNo Comments

‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah’ expanding to 45 minutes nightly

Entertainment

April 27 (UPI) -- Comedy Central announced The Daily Show with Trevor Noah would extend episodes from 30 minutes to 45 beginning Monday. The show will air Mondays through Thursdays from 11 to 11:45 p.m. Trevor Noah has hosted The Daily Show remotely from his home in New York while practicing social distancing, under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's stay-at-home orders. He has dubbed the show The Daily Social Distancing Show and incorporated his slate of correspondents via video chat. The Daily Social Distancing Show featured the first late night interviews given by Cuomo and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Other guests of the remote show included Bill Gates, Stephen Curry, Babyface and Teddy Riley, Jennifer Garner and Govs. Gavin Newsom, Phil Murphy and Gretchen Whitmer. Noah has also suggested viewers donate to ...