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A recent report from the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Leuven, Belgium, discusses the development of an integrated breath analysis technology for on-chip aerosol capture and molecular analysis. The researchers aimed to create a fast and sensitive breath test for detecting SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. The technology combines a breath sampler device for virus collection with a PCR instrument for amplifying viral RNA. The researchers found that the sample-to-result time was reduced to less than 20 minutes, with performance comparable to the original manual procedure. This research provides new insights into micro and nanoengineering and may have implications for diagnostics and screening in the future. [Extracted from the article] |
