Lateral flow tests (LFTs) are widely used across healthcare, food safety and environmental monitoring, providing rapid, on-site results. But challenges with sensitivity, flexibility and usability ...

The number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid in England has begun to rise again, new data from the NHS shows. It comes as experts in Europe warned of a new wave of the virus driven by ...

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Hasret Altan-Martin from Sartorius about the ongoing emergence of lateral flow assays in diagnostics. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the pregnancy test was the ...

Scientists and public health experts built the COVID-19 pandemic response on years of experience navigating infectious disease outbreaks. Although lateral flow immunoassays have been central to ...

Lateral flow assays, also called immunochromatographic assays, identify or measure biomolecules in intricate samples like blood, saliva, urine, or other fluids to diagnose numerous medical conditions.

Not long ago, referring to a lateral flow test would have resulted in blank stares, even though they’re common diagnostic devices used in over-the-counter pregnancy tests, for example. But the ...

Lateral flow tests have transformed global health care by enabling rapid disease detection and improving access to medical diagnostics. However, their widespread, single-use design is creating an ...