Population screening articles within Nature

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• Article | 21 October 2020

  A pooled testing strategy for identifying SARS-CoV-2 at low prevalence

  A mathematical algorithm for population-wide screening of SARS-CoV-2 infections using pooled parallel RT–PCR tests requires considerably fewer tests than individual testing procedures and has minimal delays in the identification of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2.

  • Leon Mutesa
  • , Pacifique Ndishimye
  •  & Wilfred Ndifon

• Outlook | 31 October 2012

  Child development: The first steps

  Because infants born into families with autism are more likely to develop the condition, studying them might lead to ways to diagnose people in the general population earlier.

  • Katherine Bourzac

• News | 22 August 2012

  Archived blood spots could be epigenetic jackpot

  But privacy concerns could complicate their use for research.

  • Cassandra Willyard

• News | 03 February 2012

  Minnesota starts to destroy stored blood spots

  Court ruling that the state must get consent to store samples from newborn screening could hinder biomedical research.

  • Meredith Wadman

• News | 17 November 2011

  Europe bans X-ray body scanners used at US airports

  A small number of cancer cases would result from scanning hundreds of millions of passengers a year.

  • Michael Grabell

• Research Highlights | 03 August 2011

  Rapid HIV test for remote areas