University-industry partnership leads to a new rapid COVID-19 test
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. Nothing like this test ever existed. We were starting with a clean slate.
Nam Tran, Study Lead Author and Professor of Pathology, Davis School of Medicine, University of California
The novel COVID-19 test uses an analytical instrument known as a mass spectrometer, which is paired with a powerful machine-learning platform to detect SARS-CoV-2 in nasal swabs. The mass spectrometer can analyze samples in minutes, with the entire process taking a total of about 20 minutes.
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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.