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Michael 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
by sradman 6y ago
Michael 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