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Simon Fraser University researchers announced Friday they have validated a faster, cheaper COVID-19 test that could help kickstart the expansion of wider rapid testing.
“This research offers a cheaper, faster alternative to the most reliable and sensitive test currently used worldwide without sacrificing sensitivity and reproducibility,” said Peter Unrau, a SFU molecular biology and biochemistry professor who led the team evaluating the COVID-19 testing kit.
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The results of the SFU study of the testing kit produced by Mission-based Lumex Instruments have been published in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.