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First Posted: May 07, 2021 04:44 AM EDT
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To help schools eyeing a return to in-person classes, San Diego biotech Biocept is bringing coronavirus testing to community colleges throughout the state of California.
The company recently announced a testing partnership with the Foundation for California Community Colleges, a nonprofit group that supports 116 community colleges in the area, serving more than 2 million students. The included schools will be able to administer coronavirus tests to students and staff, send samples to the local lab of Biocept and receive results within 48 hours.
According to The San Diego Union-Tribune, Biocept CEO Michael Nall stated that biotech started to offer coronavirus testing around last year after the company realized that it had the equipment, expertise, and laboratory certifications to run the tests. He also added that Biocept started to use a test made by Thermo Fisher to detect genetic material from
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San Diego biotech Biocept is bringing coronavirus testing to community colleges throughout California in a bid to help schools eyeing a return to in-person classes.
The company recently announced a testing partnership with the Foundation for California Community Colleges, a nonprofit supporting 116 community colleges that serves 2.1 million students. These schools will be able to administer COVID-19 tests to students and staff, send samples to Biocept’s local lab and receive results within 48 hours.
It’s an unusual pivot for Biocept, a company that mainly focuses on developing new ways to detect cancer sooner. But then again, the past year has been nothing if not unusual.
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It’s been a year of transition in Washington, D.C. So what does that mean for residents and businesses in the Monterey Bay area?
Lookout’s Wallace Baine will sit down with U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, to explore that and a litany of other subjects during an hourlong virtual conversation that’s set for
5 p.m. on Friday, April 9. Between health care, immigration, and the latest on how the latest COVID-19 federal aid package impacts the region, this is a Zoom event you won’t want to miss.
The event is being organized by the Santa Cruz County Business Council, a nonprofit business advocacy organization that represents Santa Cruz County’s largest employers. Kaiser Permanente health is serving as the event’s primary sponsor, along with Lookout as its media partner.