A team of dedicated Japanese researchers has made a breakthrough in the method for the detection of Coronavirus infection. The group has developed a test kit that is capable of providing results for a possible viral infection in just 10 minutes, notably faster than the current testing standards that are in place right now.
For those unaware, a new strand of Coronavirus has been a cause of major alarm across the globe. The virus originated from China and has been confirmed in upwards of 178 countries as of right now. It has been categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is a highly infectious virus. But now, Nagasaki University after teaming up with the Canon Medical Systems and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases has developed a new quick and efficient testing method.
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The method is currently undergoing clinical trials in the Nagasaki Prefecture, which has just recently seen its first confirmed report of the Coronavirus infection. The test kit takes the form of a portable tool which is compact and weighs just 2.4kg. The gadget requires just a swab from the patient’s nose or throat or any genetic material which may have traces of the virus and uses a fluorescent dye to illuminate the infection for the researchers.
The kit requires less time to bring the vital materials to detectable levels than in a standard polymerase chain-reaction tests. For a fully accurate level of detection, the test can take up to 40 minutes from start to finish and can allow a single unit to test up to 700 unique samples in a single day. Given it runs the entire day non stop. The system is currently in the Nagasaki University and is being planned to be distributed to various university hospitals and other medical institutions in Japan.
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