3. In July, the FDA approved a new screening test for CRC that only requires a sample of blood. The test, created by Palo Alto, Calif.-based Guardant Health, was able to detect 83% of colorectal ...
Conventionally, testing for fecal contamination involves detecting fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), such as E. coli. While FIB detection is cheap and simple, the method cannot be used to detect ...
To test the efficacy of this method, the researchers collected fecal samples from selected human volunteers. DNA extraction and sequencing was performed to detect and classify CLP viral genes.