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Longform article from a few days ago (August 2020), almost seems like a followup to Paul's April blog. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-t
by touringa 6y ago
Longform article from a few days ago (August 2020), almost seems like a followup to Paul's April blog.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day/615217/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-te...
- sradman 6y agoMichael Mina is promoting self-administered daily lateral flow [1] paper strip tests while Paul’s startup PreDxion Bio [2] is working on a SPR [3] device which I think is an alternative to Isothermal PCR devices like the Abbott ID.Now and the Canadian exclusive Spartan Cube. I think Michael Mina’s core contribution is mapping the PCR Cycle Threshold (CT) value to transmissible viral load (CT < 24). Rapid tests need to be benchmarked against samples with CT values of 24 or less. Paper tests meet this benchmark. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_flow_test https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_flow_test [2] https://www.predxionbio.com/ https://www.predxionbio.com/ [3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plasmon_resonance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_plasmon_resonance