Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
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Japan has developed a new detection method that can determine whether a person is infected with SARS-CoV-2 in about 30 minutes without professional technicians and detectors.
Nikkei Shimbun reported that the new detection method uses the "SATIC" technology designed by the team of Japanese university professor Katsuhara Masaaki. The saliva sample is heated at a high temperature of 95 degrees for about two minutes and then placed in the kit. If the virus is detected, It will change color in 20 to 25 minutes, and the naked eye alone can tell if it is infected.
The new detection method differs from the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection method in that it does not require advanced control equipment, detectors and skilled technicians. PCR testing takes three to five hours from sample collection and transportation to testing, and the new testing method only takes about 30 minutes.
The research team will sign a licensing agreement for the development of test kits with Shioya Pharmaceutical in Japan this month, and aim to achieve mass production. Once Yoshino Pharmaceutical has confirmed that the new test method can be used for coronary disease detection, it will apply to the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its use this fall.
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