Researchers at Rutgers University have designed a new rapid test that can detect all three rapidly spreading coronavirus variants in just over an hour, which is much shorter than the three to five days required for the current test , Which is technically more difficult and expensive. Go to the show.
Regarding detailed information about the easy creation and running of quick tests, Rutgers did not apply for a patent for it, because the researchers believe that the test should be widely available to the public. This information has been published on the pre-printed online server MedRxiv and is provided free of charge.
Researchers at Rutgers University have designed and clinically verified the test. This is the first test to use a “sloppy molecular beacon probe”, which is a highly sensitive and specific DNA sequence used to detect organisms. Common mutations in the body.
David Alland, director, professor and director of the Institute of Public Health at Rutgers School of Medicine of New Jersey (NJMS) said: “This rapid test was developed and tested during the crash procedure to respond to serious public health needs. .” NJMS infectious disease. “Although we are eager to complete the test, in our preliminary study, it performed very well on clinical samples. We are very satisfied with these results and we hope that this test will help control the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic .”
In the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, the more contagious new variants appear to spread more easily, cause more serious diseases, and may be more resistant to certain approved COVID-19 vaccines.
The new quick test is easy to set up and can be applied to laboratories that use various types of equipment and methods. Researchers at Rutgers University say that users are free to use the described test and can also modify it as needed, although they strongly recommend additional verification for any test modification.
Researchers are also working to expand their testing scope to more accurately distinguish these three major virus variants. They hope to release a new and larger testing menu and supporting evidence in the next few weeks. As other variants appear, other test modifications will be released in the future.
David Alland, Padmapriya Banada, Soumitesh Chakravorty, Raquel Green and Sukalyani Banik are co-researchers at Rutgers who helped develop the test.
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Post time: Mar-17-2021