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Inside the Effort to Make India’s First COVID-19 Test
Inside the Effort to Make India’s First COVID-19 Test
A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.
A nearly all-female team of researchers developed a PCR diagnostic tool in a record-setting six weeks.
test, microbiology, disease & medicine
CDC Lab Contamination Delayed Coronavirus Testing
Ashley Yeager | Apr 20, 2020 | 2 min read
Assembling the first COVID-19 test kits in the same room as coronavirus material, along with other practices that didn’t follow protocol, made the tests unusable, officials say.
Image of the Day: Viral Transport Rescue
Amy Schleunes | Apr 20, 2020 | 1 min read
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is supplying local hospitals and the state with key ingredients needed for COVID-19 testing.
Coronavirus Test Kits May Yield Inconclusive Results
Amy Schleunes | Feb 13, 2020 | 2 min read
Some US states are waiting for the CDC to send replacement enzymes necessary for carrying out SARS-CoV-2 assays.