Team Develops Rapid Screening Test for Omicron and Other SARS-CoV-2 Variants
The test, which is up for approval for clinical testing, could guide treatment and identify high-risk patients A rapid test that detects all known
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The test, which is up for approval for clinical testing, could guide treatment and identify high-risk patients A rapid test that detects all known
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New, easy-to-perform test can rapidly detect widely circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants Rutgers researchers have designed a new rapid test that can detect all three of the rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus in a little over one hour – much shorter than the three to five days required by current tests, which can also be more technically difficult and expensive to perform. Details and information on easily creating and running the rapid test – which is not being patented by Rutgers because researchers believe it should be widely available to the public -- are published on the pre-pri...