Saliva testing

Accumen Releases First FDA EUA COVID-19 Saliva Testing Kits

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Friday, July 31, 2020
Medicine, Medical tests, Occupational safety and health, Clinical medicine, COVID-19 testing, Health, Coronavirus disease, Emergency Use Authorization, Saliva testing

Today the company announced a new partnership with medical equipment manufacturer, Spectrum Solutions, to provide COVID-19 saliva testing kits nationally.

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  • Today the company announced a new partnership with medical equipment manufacturer, Spectrum Solutions, to provide COVID-19 saliva testing kits nationally.
  • Saliva testing for detecting COVID-19 first received FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in April.
  • This authorization mandated saliva collection solely using Spectrums SDNA-1000 saliva collection device based on a trial with Rutgers University.
  • Products include the aforementioned COVID-19 saliva testing kits, 3D-printed COVID-19 testing swabs, face shields and disposable masks, gowns, and gloves.

Supplement May Have Reversed Positive Tests for COVID in Saliva

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Thursday, June 18, 2020
Medical tests, Infectious diseases, Saliva testing, Virus, Asymptomatic carrier

Of the subjects whose saliva initially tested positive for COVID elements, over 90% of those who used Phytorelief-CC saw their saliva test negative after three days the strongest results among the supplements tested.

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  • Of the subjects whose saliva initially tested positive for COVID elements, over 90% of those who used Phytorelief-CC saw their saliva test negative after three days the strongest results among the supplements tested.
  • As the study explains, saliva acts as a staging ground from which respiratory viruses like COVID-19 invade the lungs.
  • Attacking COVID with oral supplements may therefore represent a proactive strategy, especially for asymptomatic carriers like those in the study, though more research is warranted.
  • According to the study, virucidal supplements have a potential role in reducing the spread of COVID-19 in the absence of a vaccine.

Verdosome Introduces Saliva Test for COVID-19

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Medicine, Medical tests, Health, Clinical medicine, Saliva testing, Zoonoses, Nasopharyngeal swab, Severe acute respiratory syndrome

There is evidence suggesting that saliva testing offers a high degree of accuracy.

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  • There is evidence suggesting that saliva testing offers a high degree of accuracy.
  • Research led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that "Saliva is more sensitive for SARS-CoV-2 detection in COVID-19 patients than nasopharyngeal swabs."
  • For patients not capable of giving saliva samples, Verdosome also provides nasal swab testing using the Agena Bioscience kit which is available under the U.S. FDA's Emergency Use Authorization program.
  • Verdosome exclusively uses the Agena Bioscience MassARRAY System, which uses a high-throughput mass spectrometer rather than the qPCR equipment more frequently used today.

Devoted to Salivary Bioscience: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine Publishes First Special Issue Focused on Saliva-Based Research

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Monday, June 15, 2020
Branches of biology, Academic journals, Enzymes, Periodicals, Alpha-amylase, Salivary gland, Behavioral medicine, Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Amylase, Saliva, Saliva testing

Recently, the field has passed several milestones, including saliva-based assays for COVID-19, the release of a foundational reference guide, " Salivary Bioscience Foundations of Interdisciplinary Saliva Research and Applications ", and the first special issue of an international journal devoted to Salivary Bisocience from the IJBM.

Key Points: 
  • Recently, the field has passed several milestones, including saliva-based assays for COVID-19, the release of a foundational reference guide, " Salivary Bioscience Foundations of Interdisciplinary Saliva Research and Applications ", and the first special issue of an international journal devoted to Salivary Bisocience from the IJBM.
  • The International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM) is the official scientific journal of the International Society for Behavioral Medicine (ISBM) which aims to present the best theoretically driven, evidence-based work in the field of behavioral medicine from around the globe.
  • The special issue also features an overview of the use of salivary measures in behavioral medicine with original salivary bioscience studies, reviews of two prominent salivary markers (estradiol and alpha-amylase), and guidance on the physiometrics of salivary data.
  • Researchers can Contact Salimetrics for more information or review the International Journal for Behavioral Medicine Special Issue on the Springer Website.

Phosphorus Announces FDA Approval Of At-Home Saliva Test For COVID-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020
Medical tests, Health, Saliva testing, Oragene, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Articles

The test is available by ordering online, as well as through health care and employer partnerships aimed at safely resuming operations.

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  • The test is available by ordering online, as well as through health care and employer partnerships aimed at safely resuming operations.
  • This is only the second at-home unsupervised saliva test approved so far by the FDA.
  • OraSure's OrageneDx (OGD-510) saliva collection device proved to be a reliable method for test performance comparable to gold standard methods.
  • Phosphorus also offers the PhosphorusONE proactive health screen - the most comprehensive genomic test for taking a proactive look at your health.

Metabolic Insights Inc. Awarded $300,000 by NRC-IRAP to Develop a Prototype Point-of-Care COVID-19 Virus Test

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Saturday, June 6, 2020
Medicine, RTT, Organ systems, Clinical medicine, Saliva testing, IRAP, Insulin, Salivary gland, Saliva, Sjögren syndrome

The funds will be used to re-purpose the Company's existing proprietary salivary insulin technology to detect the SARS-2-CoV(COVID-19) virus in saliva.

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  • The funds will be used to re-purpose the Company's existing proprietary salivary insulin technology to detect the SARS-2-CoV(COVID-19) virus in saliva.
  • One of theobjectives of the challenge is to demonstrate a new prototype point-of-care COVID-19 test in three months.
  • "We built our technology platform to allow for the testing of a variety of proteins through a simple saliva test.
  • The mission of NRC-IRAP is to accelerate businesses by providing them with a comprehensive suite of innovation services and funding.

Vault Health Selects Workpath, the Only Healthcare Worker Dispatch Platform, to Deploy and Manage Thousands of Healthcare Workers to Oversee At-Home COVID-19 Tests

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Thursday, May 28, 2020
Health, 104th United States Congress, Data erasure, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Food and Drug Administration, Saliva testing, Privacy law, Law, Health informatics

Vault Health, a startup specializing in healthcare for men, has already been using Workpath to dispatch mobile healthcare workers to its patients for blood testing.

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  • Vault Health, a startup specializing in healthcare for men, has already been using Workpath to dispatch mobile healthcare workers to its patients for blood testing.
  • Since early May, Vault Health has been providing FDA EUA approved saliva tests from RUCDR Infinite Biologics and Spectrum Solutions across the United States.
  • Vault chose Workpath's HIPAA-compliant, mobile healthcare management platform to seamlessly schedule and manage Vault healthcare providers' digital supervision of patients who require a COVID-19 saliva test.
  • Vault has the capacity to process over 30k tests a day in all 50 states.

Accurate Diagnostic Laboratories Continues to Assist Our Front-Line Workers by Offering Coronavirus Testing for Port Authority/PATH Essential Employees

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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Medicine, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Medical tests, Emergency Use Authorization, Food and Drug Administration, Saliva testing, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Serology, Antibody

"Our commitment to our frontline and essential workers has been ingrained in our efforts from the beginning of this pandemic," says Rupen Patel, CEO of Accurate Diagnostic Labs.

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  • "Our commitment to our frontline and essential workers has been ingrained in our efforts from the beginning of this pandemic," says Rupen Patel, CEO of Accurate Diagnostic Labs.
  • Earlier this month, Accurate Diagnostic Labs, in collaboration with RUCDR, expanded their COVID-19 testing options by launching the first SARS-CoV-2 saliva test cleared for at-home collection by the FDA through Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
  • Accurate Diagnostic Labs also recently launched serology antibody testing to meet the needs of laboratory testing for the population that may have already been infected with the virus.
  • About Accurate Diagnostic Labs: Accurate Diagnostic Labs is one of the largest privately held, boutique, full-service clinical laboratories in the Northeast.

New Assay Kits from Salimetrics Confirm Integrity of Oral Fluid/Saliva Samples for Use in Serological Studies of Specific Infectious Diseases (COVID-19)

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Medicine, Medical specialties, Branches of biology, Immunologic tests, Laboratory techniques, Epidemiology, ELISA, Serology, Assay, Seroprevalence, Salivary gland, Saliva testing

As any pandemic evolves, community-based seroprevalence studies to determine who has been and who has not been exposed is of the utmost importance.

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  • As any pandemic evolves, community-based seroprevalence studies to determine who has been and who has not been exposed is of the utmost importance.
  • Recently, Salimetrics announced two new salivary assay kits to be employed when oral fluid/saliva specimens are used for this purpose - the Salivary Total Human IgG ELISA Kit (Cat.
  • These assays assure the quality of oral fluid/saliva samples and therefore improve specificity and sensitivity of corresponding pathogen-specific serological assays.
  • Specifically, these assay tools minimize false negative determinations in pathogen-specific serological assays by excluding samples that have insufficient total antibody.

Accurate Diagnostic Laboratories Adds Another Weapon in the Fight Against COVID-19 as the FDA Clears the First Saliva Test for At-Home Use

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Viruses, Medicine, Branches of biology, Animal virology, Coronaviridae, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Coronavirus, Emergency Use Authorization, Saliva testing, Serology, Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus

Last month, Accurate Diagnostic Labs, in collaboration with RUCDR, launched the first SARS-CoV-2 saliva test cleared by the FDA through Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) .

Key Points: 
  • Last month, Accurate Diagnostic Labs, in collaboration with RUCDR, launched the first SARS-CoV-2 saliva test cleared by the FDA through Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) .
  • Last week, Accurate Diagnostic Labs launched serology antibody testing to meet the needs of laboratory testing for the population that may have already been infected with the virus.
  • With this new addition of at-home saliva tests for active infection, Accurate Diagnostic Labs continues to be at the forefront of coronavirus testing.
  • About Accurate Diagnostic Labs: Accurate Diagnostic Labs is one of the largest privately held, boutique, full-service clinical laboratories in the Northeast.