VARIOUS MEDIA: Simple COVID-19 home-test under development by Manchester biotech team

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World-leading Manchester biotech researchers are working towards developing a test for COVID-19 that could be used at home like a domestic pregnancy test.

This prototype test is based on the fact sugars coat all human cells and could be used in the fight to detect infectious agents like coronavirus.

This new screening new approach can help identify the COVID-19 virus - not by its genetic code, which can mutate, but by using its reliance on chains of sugars on human cells, which are constant.

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/simple-covid-19-home-test-under-development-by-manchester-biotech-team/

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Period30 Apr 2020

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  • TitleCoronavirus home testing kits that give simple 'yes or no' could be ready by autumn
    Media name/outletThe Mirror
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date30/04/20
    Description Home testing kits for Covid-19 that can diagnose the disease with a simple yes or no answer could be ready for use by autumn, scientists have said.

    The hand-held device, which looks like a home pregnancy test, is being developed by researchers at the University of Manchester.
    URLhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/science/coronavirus-home-testing-kits-give-21951779
    PersonsRobert Field
  • TitleManchester scientists working on home testing kit for Covid-19 that could be used like a pregnancy test
    Media name/outletManchester Evening News
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date30/04/20
    DescriptionScientists in Manchester are working to develop a home testing kit for Covid-19 that could be used like a pregnancy test.

    Biotech researchers at the University of Manchester are creating a prototype test that could be used in the fight to detect infectious agents like coronavirus.
    URLhttps://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-scientists-working-home-testing-18175392
    PersonsRobert Field
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Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Biotechnology
  • Manchester Institute of Biotechnology

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • coronavirus
  • chemistry