Bioengineering professor and The Grainger College of Engineering's Dean, Rashid Bashir, led a team of researchers in a project that's resulted in new technology that offers rapid, highly sensitive ...
Bloodborne pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, are present in blood and body fluids and can cause disease in humans. The bloodborne pathogens of primary concern are hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and ...
A vivid new image is taking shape in the world of cell biology: Imagine bacteria adhering to the surface of a cell, perhaps at the site of an injury or wound. In response, a white blood cell arrives ...
UShER, a software developed at UC Santa Cruz to map the genomic evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is the most widely used tool for tracking COVID-19 worldwide. A new paper from the tool’s creators ...
Investigators at the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed a rapid AST that can be performed directly on blood and environmental soil samples. 2,3 In a recent study, the ...
LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (TTOO) (the “Company”), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, today ...
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and elsewhere have described a method of detecting blood-borne pathogens faster and more accurately than traditional blood cultures. The ...
The requirements of OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1030. The standard’s requirements state what employers must do to ...
Pathogen inactivation in blood product transfusion encompasses a suite of techniques designed to reduce or eliminate microbial contaminants—bacteria, viruses and parasites—from platelet and plasma ...