New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School confirms that testing for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) at birth using the routinely collected dried blood spot (DBS) is a reliable and ...

When we found out we were expecting our third child, we were overjoyed. No pregnancy is easy, of course, and we already had our hands full with two little ones. But this was our third time around, and ...

The FDA has granted premarket approval to a test that assesses a patient’s viral load of cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common and important viral infection in recipients of solid organ transplants.

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School confirms that testing for congenital cytomegalovirus ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — “Our whole world got turned upside down in a matter of minutes,” said Matt Bloom, whose infant daughter was diagnosed with cytomegalovirus or Congenital CMV. The pregnancy, ...

PLEASANTON, Calif., May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first cytomegalovirus (CMV) ...

CINCINNATI, Aug. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) today announced that it has initiated clinical trials for a new illumigene CMV molecular amplification test. This ...

Assay will help monitor the effects of antiviral therapy in organ transplant patients. Roche’s Cobas® AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan® CMV test for evaluating cytomegalovirus (CMV) load received FDA premarket ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine legislative committee has unanimously approved a proposal to provide testing for a virus that can threaten a baby’s health and hearing. The proposal would require the ...

Cytomegalovirus belongs to the same virus family, _Herpesviridae_, as cold sores and chickenpox. Callista Images/Image Source via Getty Images So if most people are unlikely to get sick from CMV at ...