Business Wire

Hamilton and Rhinostics Reinvent Rapid Swab-Based Sample Workflows from Collection to Processing

Novel RHINOstic™ Swab Collection Device and Automated Liquid Handlers Increase Testing Throughput while Decreasing Active Manpower RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hamilton Company and Rhinostics, an ...
BioTechniques

Sample collection/stabilization and DNA/RNA extraction from swab samples for microbiome or metagenome analyses

Good preservation and storage are essential to preserving microorganisms’ genetic material in microbial communities from a wide array of sample inputs and accurately represent the bacterial ...
Business Wire

Harvard University licenses its nasal swab collection technology, developed at the Wyss Institute and Harvard Medical School, to Mass. startup Rhinostics

The combined technologies could reduce labor and time required for COVID-19 diagnostic testing 10-fold, and facilitate future diagnostic testing of other respiratory diseases. BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)- ...
Cambridge Day

A day in the life of a nasal swab: Zephyr tracks the next pandemic

If you frequent the Harvard Square T station, you may have seen sign boards urging you to “Swab your nose, get $2” in order to “Help detect the next pandemic.” Those signs are part of a program called ...
WRIC

Super Brush Launches New Sterile Sample Collection Swabs

SPRINGFIELD, MA, UNITED STATES, April 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Super Brush LLC, a leader in foam swab technology, proudly announces the release of its new line ...
Seeking Alpha

GeneDx Adds Buccal Swab as Non-Invasive Whole Genome Sequencing Sample Collection Option

STAMFORD, Conn., May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GeneDx (Nasdaq: WGS), a leader in delivering improved health outcomes through genomic and clinical insights, today announced the availability of its ...
Labroots

Sample Collection and Transport in the Age of COVID: A Retrospective - What Have We Learned.

For diagnostic testing, proper sample collection and transport play a pivotal role in the accurate and timely identification of a pathogen. When testing for respiratory viruses, the gold standard for ...
EurekAlert!

Self-collected saliva samples prove effective for diagnosing COVID-19

Philadelphia, December 10, 2020 - Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have found that SARS-CoV-2 genetic material can be reliably detected in self-collected saliva samples at a ...
News Medical

Could 3D printed swabs be used to collect COVID-19 test samples?

Researchers have evaluated 3D printed sample collection swabs made in-house and found them to be a reliable alternative to commercial swabs. The detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), ...
Scientific American

At-Home Coronavirus-Sample-Collection Kits Aren’t Perfect but Could Help Fill Testing Gap

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first at-home collection kits for novel coronavirus testing this week. The kits, made by the Burlington, N. C.–based company LabCorp, allow ...
News Medical

Hamilton and Rhinostics Reinvent Rapid Swab-Based Sample Workflows from Collection to Processing

Hamilton Company and Rhinostics, an early-stage Harvard University spin-out company, are combining their respective strengths to improve the speed and quality of nasal and nasopharyngeal sample ...