Coronavirus test breakthrough could return results much faster

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  • A new coronavirus testing method returns results faster, and more efficiently than traditional tests.
  • The new method wouldn’t require that samples be sent away for testing and could speed up the rate at which results are confirmed.
  • Health experts estimate that the true number of coronavirus cases is far higher than the reported figures.
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A lack of rapid coronavirus testing is still a major problem in many countries, including areas of the United States. Getting the tests and testing supplies has been a chore for doctors for a number of reasons, but a new paper published in the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics suggests that a new method of testing could result in faster tests and greater testing capacity.

Led by Jin-Soo Maeng, Ph.D. at the Center for Convergent Research of Emerging Virus Infection at the Korean Food Research Institute, the team of scientists developed a test that is more efficient in confirming the presence of the novel coronavirus. The tests can detect as few as 100 copies of the novel coronavirus RNA.

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