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New Corona test developed – EurekAlert
In order to monitor and contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2 it is necessary to test large numbers of people on a regular basis in decentralized settings. Researchers…
IMAGE: Researchers Stephan Riesenberg (left) and Lukas Bokelmann (right) in the lab at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology
Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is the most widely used diagnostic method to detect RNA viruses such as SARS-CoV-2. However, it requires expensive laboratory equipment and global shortages of reagents for RNA purification has increased the need to find simple but reliable alternatives….
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