European photonics researchers are now developing a laser-based sensor that detects coronavirus at the earliest point of infection from a saliva or nasal swab in minutes. Responding to the European Commission’s express calls to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, the scientists are developing a new rapid, noninvasive optical biosensor demonstrator that will detect COVID-19 in humans as soon as it is present in the body.
With the ability to diagnose in real-time with high specificity from a low concentration sample, the sensor is much more reliable than the coronavirus rapid-test finger-prick kit that detects if a person has had the coronavirus before and has since recovered.
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