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RT-PCR is the typical way to test viral infection. Anyone knows if Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory has invented anything new or just a press release to no

by devy 7y ago

RT-PCR is the typical way to test viral infection. Anyone knows if Stanford Clinical Virology Laboratory has invented anything new or just a press release to note that they are prepared to do SARS-CoV-2 viral testing since CDC has finally authorized all private and university labs can perform tests just recently?

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pkaye 7y ago
The last two paragraphs mention that they look for two gene while the CDC test looks for a different gene. So I don't think anything fundamentally new but having multiple tests let them crosscheck each other.