Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan on Saturday reported 84,639 new COVID-19 cases, including 84,587 domestic and 52 imported, as well as 59 deaths, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
Taiwanese researchers have designed the world’s first microchip platform capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 within three minutes, the National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL) said yesterday, adding that the field-effect transistor biosensor (Bio-FET) is expected to hit markets as soon as next month.
The chip, which was in December granted emergency use authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration, resulted from joint research conducted by Molsentech (矽基分子), Academia Sinica, the NARL’s Taiwan Instrument Research Institute and Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital.
Yesterday, the NARL told a news conference hosted by the Ministry of Science and Technology that the research was funded by ministry grants,
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNATaiwanese researchers have designed the world’s first microchip platform capable of detecting SARS-CoV-2 within three minutes, the National Applied Research Laboratories （NARL） said yesterday, adding that the field-effect transistor biosensor （Bio-FET） is expected to hit markets as soon as next month.