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<\/div>A small UK-based DNA testing company called DnaNudge has come up with a toaster-sized machine that can detect COVID-19 in just 90 minutes, Bloomberg<\/em> reports<\/a>, no lab analysis needed.<\/p> The UK’s National Health Service has already ordered 5,000 of the machines, as well as cartridges to start testing coronavirus patients, as part of a $211 million contract.<\/p> The machine was originally designed to help people tailor their diet based on their heredity, according to Bloomberg<\/em>. But founder Christofer Toumazou, a professor at Imperial College London, made a U-turn in light of the growing pandemic.<\/p> “My dream has been to bring testing like this to the consumer,” Toumazou told Bloomberg<\/em>. “A test that can demystify and simplify that quickly — rather than leaving people in doubt — is going to be very useful.”<\/p> All the machine needs is a nose swab or some saliva to detect traces of the coronavirus. It can even detect other diseases such as the flu and a common virus infection called Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). It will also notify the user if a proper sample has been taken or if a test needs to be retaken.<\/p> Bloomberg<\/em> didn’t address the accuracy of the machine, which DnaNudge says could prove helpful in triaging potential COVID patients.<\/p> “If you have someone coming in and you’re not sure if they have COVID, you can make a decision about where they should go,” Graham Cooke, a professor of infectious diseases at Imperial College London, told Bloomberg<\/em>. “You don’t want to put the wrong person in the wrong place.”<\/p> The post Machine Detects COVID-19 in 90 Minutes<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> View post: A small UK-based DNA testing company called DnaNudge has come up with a toaster-sized machine that can detect COVID-19 in just 90 minutes, Bloomberg reports , no lab analysis needed. Continue reading
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