April 2020 - Moving Science

Coronavirus immunoassay

Posted on April 24, 2020May 14, 2020

In a time, where many European countries are taking their first, tentative steps towards re-opening after lockdown, it is becoming more and more important to be able to test if people has already had the COVID-19 infection. Detection of antibodies against the virus (SARS-CoV-2 / nCov-2019) is one of the best measures for this. Antibodies […]

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COVID-19 / nCov-2019 test (RT-PCR)

Posted on April 4, 2020July 28, 2020

We hear a lot about corona-testing these days! Currrently, the most used (and fastest) test is based on an assay, that is named PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction). With this technology, it is possible to detect the presence of COVID-19 in a patient sample by purification and amplification of specific gene sequences from the viral RNA […]