UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test

UArizona Researchers Develop Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test Emily Dieckman The new test uses a smartphone microscope and could deliver results in about 10 minutes. Today College of EngineeringCSR_9539-web.jpg Biomedical engineering professor Jeong-Yeol Yoon and his team show President Robert C. Robbins and Provost Liesl Folks around the Biosensors Lab. Chris Richards/University of ArizonaHealthScience and TechnologyBIO5College of EngineeringCollege of Medicine - TucsonCollege of Public HealthCollege of ScienceExploration Media contact(s)Emily Dieckman College of Engineeringedieckman@email.arizona.edu520-621-1992760-981-8808 Researcher contact(s)Jeong-Yeol Yoon Department of Biomedical Engineeringjyyoon@arizona.eduFor the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university ' sCOVID-19 webpage.For UANews coverage of COVID-19, visithttps://uanews.arizona.edu/news/covid19.Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 testing method that uses a smartphone microscope to analyze saliva samples and deliver results in about 10 minutes.The UArizona research team, led bybiomedical engineering professorJeong-Yeol Yoon, aims to combine the speed of existing nasal swab antigen tests with the high accuracy of nasal swab PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, tests. The researchers are adapting an inexpensive method that they originally created to detect norovirus – the microbe famous for spreading on cruise ships – u...
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