Fighting the Pandemic: Making Better Tests

September 9, 2020 | By: Jason Cannon 

A rapid COVID-19 test being developed could show your results in a matter of seconds, and it all began with an E. coli research project.

As COVID-19 continues to impact the world, Texas Tech faculty have been working hard on various coronavirus relief efforts. This video is part of a series that shares what researchers have been doing these past several months in the fight against the pandemic.
Getting tested for COVID-19 can be time consuming and expensive, but what if it could be as easy as using saliva and could take less than a minute for results? Hear how Drs. Gerri Botte from Texas Tech University and Sharilyn Almodovar from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, along with graduate student Ashwin Ramanujam, worked on a biosensor that could make virus detection simpler.

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