Diagnostic biosensor quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs

Date20th, Apr 2020

Summary:

According to many experts, early diagnosis and management are critical for slowing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Therefore, the race is on to develop diagnostic tests for the virus that are faster, easier and more accurate than existing ones. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a field-effect transistor-based biosensor that detects SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal swabs from patients with COVID-19, in less than one minute.

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Diagnostic biosensor quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swabs

image: An artist’s rendering above shows a new test that quickly detects SARS-CoV-2 (spheres) through binding to antibodies (Y-shapes) on a field-effect transistor. view more 

Credit: Adapted from ACS Nano 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c02823

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