Making Sense of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations
Through much of 2020, SARS-CoV-2 accumulated mutations at a steady, yet unspectacular rate. However, as global cases approached 100 million by the end of the year, multiple variants began to emerge. Exhibiting more considerable genomic changes, some variants have...
D614G: Putting the Mutation in Perspective
Since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, scientists have speculated about the risks of mutation and what this could mean for therapeutics and vaccines. In this blog, we explore the nature viral mutation, what is known about the D614G mutant of SARS-CoV-2, and introduce our...
Lyme Disease: A Rapidly Emerging Bacterial Infection in Need of New Diagnostics
This article was first published on Clinical Lab Products. Lyme disease is now the most common and fastest growing vector-borne illness in the Western world. A two-tiered antibody testing approach is currently used for clinical diagnosis, but suffers from several...