Current asthma tests can only detect one type of the lung disease, but an experimental nasal swab has demonstrated the ability to differentiate between various asthma types. The disease ...

Female doctor using cotton swab while PCR testing small boy at rapid COVID-19 test at home. A rapid nasal swab test can diagnose a child’s asthma subtype The test looks for eight genetic markers ...

this COVID-19 test detects genetic material of the virus using a lab technique called reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A fluid sample is collected with a nasal swab or a ...

That is why a new nasal swab test that can identify a child's subtype of asthma may transform the way the disease is treated, according to the University of Pittsburgh researchers who developed it.

Not sure what's causing your child's asthma? A new quick-and-easy nasal swab test for kids can diagnose the specific immune system drivers behind their asthma, potentially opening the door to ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a new nasal swab test to determine Asthma subtype results for kids. The study which was conducted by Dr. Juan Celedón a ...

In a new study published in Advanced Materials Interface, the UGA research team describes the rapid diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 detection and quantification directly from human nasopharyngeal ...

While saliva can be a crude sample for diagnosing disease using traditional PCR, it pairs well with a ... Amanda was an associate editor at The Scientist, where she oversaw the Scientist to Watch, ...

Newly published research in JAMA presents an alternative: a nasal swab test that researchers say accurately diagnoses a child’s asthma subtype. Researchers used the new tests in three studies of ...

Using nasal swabs to identify a child’s asthma subtype may lead to more precise medication prescribing and development of better treatments for what have been harder to diagnose types of the ...

Click now to see all the available groups. A new quick-and-easy nasal swab test for kids can diagnose the specific immune system drivers behind their asthma, potentially opening the door to better ...