Russia’s Federal Biomedical Agency (FMBA) rolled out two new test systems, based on coronavirus detection chips. One of them allows reducing testing time from 90 to 15-20 minutes.
“One [of the test systems] is microfluidic chips that allow individual testing for the novel coronavirus infection. The test is based on the isothermal amplification method. Unlike polymerase chain reaction method, isothermal amplification happens in constant mix temperature and with use of more productive enzymes. Thanks to this, the test time has been reduced from 90 minutes in classic polymerase chain reaction to just 15-20 minutes,” the agency said.
The agency can produce more than 50 chips per days. The second system is a 96-well plate with optical result registration...
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