New Covid-19 test doesn't use scarce chemicals (IMAGE)

University of Vermont

New Covid-19 test doesn't use scarce chemicals

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Jason Botten and Emily Bruce, who pioneered a streamlined COVID-19 test that doesn't use scarce chemicals, in their research lab in the University of Vermont's Larner College of Medicine. The machine between them is used to measure the presence and quantity of viral RNA in patient samples.

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Brian Jenkins

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