FDA authorizes COVID-19 saliva test trialed in the NBA bubbl
Aug 18, 2020 20:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by anansi on Aug 18, 2020 20:08:52 GMT -5
FDA authorizes COVID-19 saliva test trialed in the NBA bubble
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a saliva-based COVID-19 test that the National Basketball Association helped study. The testing method, called SalivaDirect, is cheap and could be run by most labs.
www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370153/
Well all I can say is well done playing catch up to Senegal , who did this back in May, I was watching a Travor Noah vid clip where this is being celebrated as a new break through by those brainic kids from Yale.
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Cheap and easy $1 coronavirus test to undergo trials in Senegal
Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632823-700-cheap-and-easy-1-coronavirus-test-to-undergo-trials-in-senegal/#ixzz6VWX9yTIm
This is yet another case where Africa is not credited for it's innovative minds.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a saliva-based COVID-19 test that the National Basketball Association helped study. The testing method, called SalivaDirect, is cheap and could be run by most labs.
www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370153/
Well all I can say is well done playing catch up to Senegal , who did this back in May, I was watching a Travor Noah vid clip where this is being celebrated as a new break through by those brainic kids from Yale.
Amadou Sall, director of the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, said that 500 to 1000 tests a day could be analysed at the facility and that up to 4 million could be made annually. “There is no need for a highly equipped lab,” he says. “It is a simple test that can be done anywhere.”
Most coronavirus tests use a technique called polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, to detect sequences of viral RNA. Each test costs hundreds of dollars and takes several hours to process using sophisticated equipment. The team behind the new pocket-sized test say it would be much cheaper and easier to distribute across sub-Saharan Africa.
“Existing systems are not fit for purpose,” says Joe Fitchett at Mologic. Testing regimes that are decentralised and not required to turn a profit are essential to addressing covid-19 and future pandemics, he says.
“There is no need for a highly equipped lab. This simple test can be done anywhere”
Justine Davies, a global health researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, says the tests could allow some economic activity to continue in the region while reducing the burden on Africa’s limited health services. “If it is properly validated and found to be reliable, then it could have major positive impacts, allowing contact tracing and limiting the spread of the virus,” she says.
Most coronavirus tests use a technique called polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, to detect sequences of viral RNA. Each test costs hundreds of dollars and takes several hours to process using sophisticated equipment. The team behind the new pocket-sized test say it would be much cheaper and easier to distribute across sub-Saharan Africa.
“Existing systems are not fit for purpose,” says Joe Fitchett at Mologic. Testing regimes that are decentralised and not required to turn a profit are essential to addressing covid-19 and future pandemics, he says.
“There is no need for a highly equipped lab. This simple test can be done anywhere”
Justine Davies, a global health researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK, says the tests could allow some economic activity to continue in the region while reducing the burden on Africa’s limited health services. “If it is properly validated and found to be reliable, then it could have major positive impacts, allowing contact tracing and limiting the spread of the virus,” she says.
Cheap and easy $1 coronavirus test to undergo trials in Senegal
Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632823-700-cheap-and-easy-1-coronavirus-test-to-undergo-trials-in-senegal/#ixzz6VWX9yTIm
This is yet another case where Africa is not credited for it's innovative minds.
