| By Proctor on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 05:56 pm: Edit |
FDA Approves Rapid Saliva Test for AIDS Virus
By Lisa Richwine 3/26/2004
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States approved the first rapid saliva test for the HIV virus (news - web sites) that causes AIDS (news - web sites), health officials said on Friday.
The test, made by OraSure Technologies Inc., provides results within 20 minutes with 99 percent accuracy. Other approved rapid HIV (news - web sites) tests require blood samples.
Shares of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based OraSure gained $1.55, or 19.02 percent, to close at $9.70 on Nasdaq.
"This oral test provides another important option for people who might be afraid of a blood test," Health and Human Services (news - web sites) Secretary Tommy Thompson said.
Officials also said the test, called the OraQuick Rapid HIV-1/2, could help on two fronts, encouraging more people to get tested as well as actually getting them the results.
Link/URL... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20040326/hl_nm/aids_test_dc
| By Sabio on Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 12:08 am: Edit |
Proctor:
Thanks for the information. There is a complete thread on the subject
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