Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in rapid DNA/RNA extraction, disease detection, and how SwiftX toolbox is transforming diagnostics for clinicians and researchers worldwide
Xpedite R&D scientist Dr. Johannes Graf set out the problem that decides whether decentralized molecular testing works in practice: not the sequencer or the assay, but the upstream sample preparation. Read on for the chemistry behind it, and two applications, a molecular tumor…
Prof. Hugues Abriel (University of Bern) described PORTA-HBB: a minimal-infrastructure genetics laboratory, packed into transport cases and co-developed with Xpedite Diagnostics, built to bring HBB sequencing to the populations that carry most of the world's sickle cell disease.…
Most extraction protocols max out at 200 µL. But what happens when your application demands 30 mL? We explore why large-volume extraction is becoming essential and what it takes to get 80 µL of high-purity nucleic acid from a single run.
Is it possible to go from an intact, hard-shell tick to PCR-ready Rickettsia DNA in under 26 minutes without sacrificing sensitivity? We challenged the standard protocols against a new rapid workflow. The results change the math for high-throughput vector surveillance.
Turkey’s Hyalomma ticks are reshaping the landscape of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Prof. Zati Vatansever reveals how climate, land use, and host ecology quietly fuel the world’s largest endemic hotspot and why integrated surveillance and field-ready diagnostics are now…
Part II of our Isothermal Masterclass Series reveals how a duplex RAA assay can overcome the limits of PCR to enable rapid, field-ready detection of Schistosoma species, using isothermal chemistry engineered for real-world conditions.
Dr. Eva Krupa reveals the technical constraints that define tick-borne pathogen detection, from urbanisation-driven shifts in tick assemblages to the inhibitor-dense matrices that challenge nucleic-acid extraction and amplification. Her workflow underscores how homogenisation…
Recombinase-driven isothermal amplification is emerging as a high-performance alternative to RT-qPCR for decentralized diagnostics. In Part I of our Isothermal Masterclass Series, Dr. Till Adhikary delineates the mechanistic parameters that enable RT-RPA/RAA to achieve stringent…
Step inside Sierra Leone’s 2025 Mpox emergency, where the Institut Pasteur de Dakar and national health teams deployed real-time genomic surveillance, decentralized diagnostics, and integrated epidemiological modeling. Their field operation became a live demonstration of how…
Dr. Gábor Földvári reframes tick-borne disease risk through the lens of ecological intelligence, showing how microclimate, host–vector networks, and shifting landscapes reveal emergence long before pathogens reach patients. His framework in Episode 4 makes the case for…
