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The New Test Yields Results in 45 Minutes — It could be a game-changer.
CU Boulder has made huge steps towards a rapid Coronavirus test that would yield results in as little as 45 minutes.
Why It Matters:
- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a rapid Coronavirus test that can yield results in 45 minutes.
- This is a massive improvement from the current backlog of tests which, at times, can take anywhere from a week to ten days to process.
- The test is designed for widespread screening to help identify asymptomatic cases, which research suggests could make up nearly 70% of cases in America. Even though not actively showing symptoms, these people still spread the Covid-19.
- With the CU test, gone are the long, intrusive nasal swabs! All a patient need do is spit in a tube, then a member of the testing staff combines their saliva with a stabilizing solution and heat. It requires minimal other equipment.
- No swabs required, eliminating a crucial element in the supply chain. The slow manufacturing and turn around time are cut out of this rapid testing.
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Next Steps For Covid19 Testing:
- Early results of this test have yielded a high degree of accuracy and independent testing is currently underway.
- The research team, in cooperation with Venture Partners at CU Boulder, has created a spinoff company, Darwin Biosciences, to commercialize the Covid-19 test.
- The pressure is on in America to develop a rapid test for Covid-19, there is a massive testing shortage and heading into the fall, numbers would suggest that it could get much worse.
- Testing is “our eyes and ears” as New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a recent press conference. The fewer tests we have available, the less we know about the true spread of the virus making it harder to control.
