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Tulane Researchers Develop a Rapid COVID-19 Saliva Test Read by a Smartphone Device
December 12, 2020
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 12 (TNSJou) -- Tulane University issued the following news release:

Researchers from Tulane University have developed a 15-minute COVID-19 test that is read by a smartphone to address the need to expand testing capacity in community-based settings. This test uses the same CRISPR-based approach that the researchers have submitted to the Food and Drug Administration for Emergency Use Authorization.

Rapid PCR tests typically use nasal swab samp . . .

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