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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RADx program was formed to accelerate the development, validation, and commercialization of innovative point-of-care and home-based tests, as well as improvements to clinical laboratory tests, that can directly detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

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Francis Collins Testifies Before Congress, May 7, 2020

Shark Tank: New Tests for COVID-19 Read MoreAboutFrancis Collins Testifies Before Congress, May 7, 2020 »

COVID-19 Funding Opportunity: RADx Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution

Innovative Technologies to Increase U.S. Capacity for COVID-19 Testing Read MoreAboutCOVID-19 Funding Opportunity: RADx Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution »

NIH Announces $1 Million Prize Competition to Target Global Disease Diagnostics

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to offer supplementary support for designs that can be developed into products on a rapid timeframe Read MoreAboutNIH Announces $1 Million Prize Competition to Target Global Disease Diagnostics »

POCTRN CRAASH 2020

Check out the scenes from the kick-off session. Read MoreAboutPOCTRN CRAASH 2020 »

C-THAN Second Annual Symposium

January 27-30, 2020, Cape Town, South Africa at River Club Read MoreAboutC-THAN Second Annual Symposium »

2019 CAPCaT Awardee and 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge Winner Respirix

Catching up with $200K Challenge Winner Read MoreAbout2019 CAPCaT Awardee and 2019 M2D2 $200K Challenge Winner Respirix »

Johns Hopkins Funded Luminostics to Receive $10,000 Prize and Recognition from the Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostics Industry

Read MoreAboutJohns Hopkins Funded Luminostics to Receive $10,000 Prize and Recognition from the Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostics Industry »

ASCB Biotech Courses

Applications Open February 2020 Read MoreAboutASCB Biotech Courses »

Voices of UMassMed podcast with David McManus, MD

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BARDA DRIVe Funding Opportunity

Applications Open Read MoreAboutBARDA DRIVe Funding Opportunity »

NIH-funded Investigators Many of Whom are Now with C-THAN Publish Textbook “Biomedical Engineering for Africa” with Support from the Fogarty International Center

Read MoreAboutNIH-funded Investigators Many of Whom are Now with C-THAN Publish Textbook “Biomedical Engineering for Africa” with Support from the Fogarty International Center »

C-THAN Funded Investigators To Present at Union Conference

Cangiolosi and Reeves will be giving separate sessions at this important conference Read MoreAboutC-THAN Funded Investigators To Present at Union Conference »

C-THAN Investigators Among Global Team that Won a $15M Grant to Improve the Survival of Newborns in Africa

A multidisciplinary global team including two Northwestern University professors has won a $15 million grant to improve the survival of newborns in Africa. Read MoreAboutC-THAN Investigators Among Global Team that Won a $15M Grant to Improve the Survival of Newborns in Africa »

binx health Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Rapid Point Of Care Platform For Women's Health

Read MoreAboutbinx health Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance For Rapid Point Of Care Platform For Women's Health »

Preteen Vaxscene

A free webinar sponsored by the CDC Read MoreAboutPreteen Vaxscene »

New chlamydia test delivers results in about 30 minutes

Read MoreAboutNew chlamydia test delivers results in about 30 minutes »

M2D2 receives $7.9M NIH grant for new center to assist medical-device entrepreneurs

Center for Advancing Point-of-Care Technologies aims to transform patient care Read MoreAboutM2D2 receives $7.9M NIH grant for new center to assist medical-device entrepreneurs »

Affordable Point-of-Care Test For Multiple Diseases Being Developed by 1Drop

Read MoreAboutAffordable Point-of-Care Test For Multiple Diseases Being Developed by 1Drop »