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Develop a portable PCR device

  • Funded by Botnar Research Centre for Child Health
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    Botnar Research Centre for Child Health

  • Principal Investigator

    Wendelin Stark

  • Research Location

    Switzerland

  • Lead Research Institution

    ETH Zurich

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

PCR-based testing has been widely adopted as a method to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection. While this method is sensitive, it is time-consuming and costly. To overcome these challenges, Professor Wendelin Stark (ETH Zurich) and his team aim to develop a portable PCR device that will allow viral testing to be carried out more rapidly and at a lower-cost. The device will have the potential to increase diagnostic capacity not only in high-income countries such as Switzerland, but also in low- and middle-income settings.