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Development of Point-of-Care Rapid SARSCoV-2 Detection System based on Surface Acoustic Wave Technology Platform [Funder: GoC]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr Martin Mkandawire Martin Mkandawire

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    Cape Breton University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Dr. Martin Mkandawire is a solid-state chemist and chemistry professor in the School of Science and Technology at Cape Breton University. His team's project aims to rapidly diagnose COVID-19 from a person's oral and nasal fluids with the entire detection protocol being completed within 5 to 10 minutes.Teams around the world are racing to develop a rapid testing method. A key to solving this critical problem is research into many different candidate approaches. Dr. Mkandawire has been developing a unique specialization which brings a fresh perspective to developing a rapid test.