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Independent.ie
Laura Lynott
March 16 2020 02:30 AM
An Irish company is preparing to release rapid Covid-19 testing kits, which can provide results in 15 minutes and potentially act as a "clinical weapon" against coronavirus.
The tests have been developed with the same technology contained in pregnancy tests and although they are in a pilot phase, they could reduce testing times dramatically from four hours to just 15 minutes.
Assay Genie, a Reagent Genie brand, will be releasing the rapid POC (Point of Care) kit within weeks globally and already some Irish hospitals have been in touch to sample the product, according to Colm Ryan, biochemist and chief executive of Assay Genie.
The test measures one drop of blood and according to the co-founder and CTO of the company Seán Mac Fhearraigh "ultimately, we would have a clinical weapon to combat the spread of the virus".
Mr Ryan and Mr Mac Fhearraigh met at UCD when they were studying biochemistry.
They both have PhDs and were able to develop the kits after learning early on how the virus was spreading so quickly in Wuhan, China, where it was first identified.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/irish-developed-kit-confirms-infection-in-15-minutes-39046582.html
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msongs
(67,193 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)They've been invoking and cramming through all the fine print in ACA so they will not lose any money. I just love how this administration fakes concern about working Americans then turns around and gives more sympathy for corporations.
I told my husband when I heard about the airlines wanting ANOTHER bailout that we all should say that this is the invisible hand of the free market patting them on the back.
Yes, I know, thousands losing their jobs but instead of stock buybacks, they could have put some money back and give their employees a raise plus fund new infrastructure. It's extremely hard to heard their whining.
tetedur
(815 posts)to get an answer.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)around the world, and so nice to hear about this.
Just have to hide out for enough weeks to get to skip that swab up the nose and down through the nasopharynx, etc. Trump said it was "quite unpleasant," which sounded unusually credible for him. I believed he actually knew what he was talking about.
trof
(54,255 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,574 posts)Only America, when under control of the Republicans, would think to seek a patent and exclusive rights.
Brother Buzz
(36,213 posts)crickets
(25,896 posts)of this without some serious black eyes they so richly deserve.
Doodley
(8,976 posts)elias7
(3,976 posts)Duppers
(28,094 posts)Why are we acting like a 3rd world country? But the right wing is so goddamn parochial they can't even see that.
China, Korea, EU haven't had a problem testing.