Educational Articles
qPCR Testing for GI Pathogens
Methodology Matters in Diagnostic Stool Testing
By David M. Brady, ND, DC, CCN, DACBN, IFMCP, FACN and Cass Nelson-Dooley, MS
Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Brady, is featured on the cover of the January 2021 issue of the Townsend Letter. Read the article, "Methodology Matters in Diagnostic... read more »
Response to Doctor's Data Inc (DDI) Funded Study
A qualitative assay (reporting only Positive/Negative results) cannot be used to determine the sensitivity of a quantitative assay (which reports numbers of detected organisms at levels as low as 10 cells/gram of stool). The BioFire and Meridian assays are designed to detect only high... read more »
COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 Testing Overview
Introduction
There is a lot of conversation and controversy surrounding the issue of laboratory testing as it pertains to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2, generating an unfortunate amount of media misreporting and confusion on the part of both the lay public and health care providers alike. In this... read more »