A diagnostic test as simple to use as a pregnancy test. Researchers at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass. announced in early May a prototype of a quick and inexpensive test for the coronarvirus, at around $6, they hope. This could overcome the shortcomings of the PCR Test. Dr. Feng Zhang and his colleagues posted a description of their device on the website STOPCovid dedicated to their project which. Dr. Zhang and his colleagues hope to fill that gap with tests that are affordable and easy enough to use without special expertise, according to The New York Times, which first…
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E25Bio, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech startup that develops diagnostic tests for infectious diseases like dengue and Zika, has a new rapid antigen test for Covid-19. The company’s technologies grew out of an MIT lab led by Lee Gehrke, Professor at the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), and Irene Bosch, then a research scientist at IMES. The startup recently raised $2 million from investors to specifically develop and manufacture testing kits for Covid-19. E25Bio’s rapid diagnostic test resembles an over-the-counter pregnancy test and provides visual results within 15 minutes by detecting the presence of the virus in the patient sample. As a point…