A live video broadcast to Facebook about the methods used to sterilise medical equipment has falsely suggested “ethylene oxide-coated” swabs in lateral flow tests cause cancer. This claim reveals the ...

What is a lateral flow test (LFT)? A lateral flow test (LFT) is a simple, quick and cheap assay that can detect the presence of target antigen(s) or antibody(ies) in a liquid sample. 1 As a type of ...

After missteps and controversy, the quick and easy tests are well on way to becoming part of daily life Once obscure diagnostic devices, lateral flow tests have had a rocky path to mainstream use, but ...

The government will no longer provide free universal Covid-19 testing for most of the public from 1 April, as part of its plan for living with the virus. While people can currently still order lateral ...

Northern Ireland has introduced some changes to the rules and guidance around use of lateral flow tests and PCR testing to diagnose a Covid infection. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has led ...

While lateral flow, or antigen tests, have been widely used to test for Covid infections in schools in the UK, the accuracy of the tests among adults has proven to be variable. But until now, how ...

In our best practices blog, we explore how lateral flow assay design affects test performance. Read on to gain a deeper understanding of the development process, enabling you to streamline the ...

The majority of people who want to be tested for COVID-19 will have to fork out for their own lateral flow tests from today under new plans put forward by ministers. The government has announced who ...

New York, Feb. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Lateral Flow Assays Market - Global Outlook & Forecast 2023-2028 ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson informed the British public yesterday that free Covid testing will end from April 1. From that date forward, Britons will have to pay for boxes of lateral flow tests to ...