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Aust firm developing 15-minute virus test | The Star | Newcastle, NSW – Newcastle Star
A 15-minute COVID-19 which could be quicker than a pregnancy test is being developed by researchers in Queensland. Biotechnology firm Xing Technologies is wor…..
A 15-minute COVID-19 which could be quicker than a pregnancy test is being developed by researchers in Queensland.
Biotechnology firm Xing Technologies is working on the test, called XavTrap, after being allocated $1.5 million in Queensland government funding for its research.
Researcher Dr Yadveer Grewal explained how the test works.
A cheap and simple baker’s yeast is coated with hook-like particles to trap the virus just like velcro.
That yeast is then combined with strip technology used …
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