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2020-03-19 Science & Technology

Israeli team has coronavirus test kit to test dozens of people at once

[Jpost] ...Now molecular testing for the virus, using the new pooling method, can be done by combining samples taken from 32 or 64 patients, enabling simultaneous testing of dozens of samples. In rare cases where a positive case is found in a joint sample, only then will each of the specific samples be tested individually.

..."Even when we conducted a joint examination of 64 samples in which only one was a positive carrier, the system identified that there was a positive sample," said Professor Roy Kishony, head of the research group in the Faculty of Biology at Technion.

"This is not a breakthrough, but a demonstration of the effectivity of using the existing method and even the existing equipment to significantly increase the volume of samples tested per day," said Prof. Roy Kishony, head of the research group in the Technion's Faculty of Biology.

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#1 Bulk initial sampling increases efficiency, as long as you can identify/retest the individuals to narrow it down after

Posted by Frank G 2020-03-19 14:31|| 2020-03-19 14:31|| Front Page Top

#2 They claim they can. And it is Technion.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-19 14:33|| 2020-03-19 14:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Good way for massive testing.

Posted by Thorong Grundy1520 2020-03-19 16:05|| 2020-03-19 16:05|| Front Page Top

#4 With the isolation rules, how do they get them all in a room together?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-03-19 16:34|| 2020-03-19 16:34|| Front Page Top

#5 They test the throat swabs.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-19 16:41|| 2020-03-19 16:41|| Front Page Top

#6 ^^Scrapings from

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-03-19 16:42|| 2020-03-19 16:42|| Front Page Top

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