A Plan for Now Update
March 4, 2021
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Tulane develops test that can detect COVID-19 that nasal swabs miss
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Tulane researchers create blood test that detects COVID-19 cases missed by nasal swabs Share Updated: 5:34 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 5:34 PM CST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript GINA: RESEARCHERS AT TULANE HAVE DONE IT AGAI AND THIS TIME HAVE DEVELOPED A BLOOD TEST THAT CAN DETECT COVID-19 THAT NASAL SWABS MISS THIS COULD IMPROVE THE ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSIS’ BIG
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 5:34 PM CST Feb 26, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Tulane University announced Friday that it s researchers have developed a blood test that can detect COVID-19 cases missed by nasal swab PCR tests. The research results were published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.According to Tulane, most PCR-based COVID-19 tests use nasal swabs because the virus actively replicates in the upper respiratory tract immediately after infection. Researcher say virus levels in the
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Health Equality
THOMAS LAVEIST, a national expert on issues related to equity and health, is dean of Tulane University’s School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity. He and other key researchers are currently working to launch a new Health Equity Institute, to study how health issues disproportionately impact the Black community. LaVeist is also co-chair of the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, which was tasked by Gov. John Bel Edwards to develop a series of recomme
From Tulane University
Researchers from Tulane University have developed a 15-minute COVID-19 test that is read by a smartphone to address the need to expand testing capacity in community-based settings. This test uses the same CRISPR-based approach that the researchers have submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization.
Rapid PCR tests typically use nasal swab samples and are performed in laboratory settings by highly trained individuals using sophisticated equipment. The saliva-based COVID-19 test, which doesn’t require lab processing, could rapidly expand testing capacity in outpatient clinics, community testing sites and other locations.
The assay developed by researchers at Tulane detects SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA in saliva to diagnose COVID-19 and is more sensitive than PCR-based tests, the current gold standard for COVID-19 diagnosis. A report describing the development and validation of this test has recently been published in the journal
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