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Rapid Diagnosis of Infectious Disease at Point of Care: Interview with Shawn Marcel, CEO of Torus Biosystems

Torus Biosystems, a medtech startup that spun out of Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, has developed the Synestia system, a point of care diagnostic tool for infectious disease. The system aims to provide rapid, point-of-care identification of pathogens, and incorporates microarray and qPCR technology.    The company reports that the system allows a… Read More »

Coronavirus live blog: Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ralph Cipriani answers your questions

Welcome to Fox News’s live question and answer session on the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, with infectious disease specialist Dr. Ralph Cipriani. Our editors selected questions from the more than 1,000 you submitted for Dr. Cipriani to answer. Follow below on the Fox News live blog. Mobile users click here. FOX News

High-fat diet 'increases risks of food poisoning and infectious disease'

It can live and grow in a wide range of foods, in particular chilled ready-to-eat foods such as packaged sandwiches, butter, cooked sliced meats, smoked salmon, certain soft cheeses and pate. High-fat diet ‘increases risks of food poisoning and infectious disease’ Independent.ie A high-fat “western” diet weakens the ability of the immune system to fight… Read More »