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Sam Hodgson and colleagues investigate whether the common genetic differences associated with type 2 diabetes in people of European ancestry can be transferred to people of British Pakistani and Bangladeshi ancestry, integrating a novel polygenic risk score with an established clinical risk score.
New COVID-19 testing strategy can quicken test results for healthcare workers
Fast turnaround of COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers is critical. Investigators have now developed a COVID-19 testing strategy that maximizes the proportion of negative results after a single round of testing, allowing prompt notification of results. The method also reduces the need for increasingly limited test reagents, as fewer additional tests are required. Their strategy is described in the
Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier.
There is an urgent need to reduce the spread of COVID-19 transmission in hospitals and care facilities and to maintain adequate levels of staffing. Group testing strategies with pooled samples have been proposed to increase capacity; however, the currently used strategies are slow.
Philadelphia [US], April 26 (ANI): While it is known that fast turnaround of COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers is critical, a team of investigators have now developed a coronavirusus testing strategy that maximises the proportion of negative results after a single round of testing, allowing prompt notification of results.