University devises new test to detect virus in 5 minutes
- Date: 24-Jan-2021
- Source: Gulf Today
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Middle East
University devises new test to detect virus in 5 minutes
A new test, considered a breakthrough, which determines whether one is infected with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) in five minutes from the normal 30 minutes, has been invented.
University of Birmingham-College of Life and Environmental Sciences (UoB-UK Campus) Biotechnology professor Dr. Tim Dafforn said this new method is still useful; in answer to Gulf Today's question of its relevance, in relation to the rollout of vaccines in some countries, against the infectious and mutated SARS-CoV2. He added the new method has nothing to do with the entry of the new SARS-CoV2 variant. The laboratory research totalled nine months in 2020. Its brainchild is UoB-Chemistry PhD student Jake Carter.
According to a Jan. 22, 2021 news over nationalgeographic.com, seven vaccines of various forms by government-owned and private multinational drug firms have so far been distributed - some on a
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