FAU develops simplified COVID-19 diagnostic method to ramp up widespread testing
E-Mail IMAGE: Sean Paz, co-author and a graduate student in FAU's Schmidt College of Medicine, loads COVID-19 tests in a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) machine. This laboratory apparatus is most commonly used... view more Credit: Florida Atlantic University To properly monitor and help curb the spread of COVID-19, several millions of diagnostic tests are required daily in just the United States alone. There is still a widespread lack of COVID-19 testing in the U.S. and many of the clinical diagnostics protocols require extensive human labor and materials that could face supply sh...