ABU DHABI DEVELOPS PCR KIT TO FIND OUT COVID

  • 03/10/2020

A team of researchers from Khalifa University has developed a portable Covid-19 testing kit that can deliver the results in just 45 minutes.The device is the size of an average smartphone.The researchers at the university used the Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification method, LAMP, which is a newer technique compared to RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction), a common laboratory method for detecting, tracking and studying Covid-19.Currently in the clinical validation stage, the new LAMP kit is a simple, easy and faster way to detect Covid-19.

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