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IMAGE: UC Davis and SpectraPass have developed a 20-minute COVID-19 test that pairs a mass spectrometer with a powerful machine-learning platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 in nasal swabs....
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Credit: UC Davis Health
A partnership between UC Davis and Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr., chairman and CEO of Allegiant Travel Company, has led to a new rapid COVID-19 test.
A recent study published Nature
Scientific Reports shows the novel method to be 98.3% accurate for positive COVID-19 tests and 96% for negative tests.
"This test was made from the ground up," said Nam Tran, lead author for the study and a professor of pathology in the UC Davis School of Medicine. "Nothing like this test ever existed. We were starting with a clean slate."