What COVID-19 teaches us about diagnostic Whack-a-Mole
The first SARS-CoV-2 sequence was released on January 10, just 40 days after the incidence of pneumonia started to rise in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization released its first diagnostic testing guidelines just one week later, on January 17. By any measure,...
SARS-CoV-2: What it means for Redbud
At Redbud, we have a tradition of hosting an all-hands meeting every three months. We review our goals for the year, track our progress, and lay out everyone’s responsibilities for the coming quarter. We held this meeting last Wednesday, and for the first time, it was...
Cartridge-ready, explained
Your laboratory tools are lying to you. Cartridge-ready tools won’t. Benchtop assays fail in cartridges Your assay is working at the lab bench. You design a cartridge to automate the assay. You go to validate the performance of the assay in the new cartridge format,...