PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec.

PLEASANTON, Calif., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) today approved a new nucleic acid test from Roche to screen donated blood for HIV-1 Group M RNA, hepatitis C RNA and hepatitis B DNA in a single, automated assay.

Micronics has received a $100,000 small business innovation research grant to advance its diagnostic test to detect human immunodeficiency virus at point of care.

By Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Nov. 8--LabCorp has launched a new HIV screening test that allows for earlier detection of the virus. The test is designed to help identify newly infected HIV patients by using nucleic acid testing on antibody samples that have come out negative.