{"id":4537,"date":"2022-01-28T17:39:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:39:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:39:10","slug":"us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"US scientists develop cheap smartphone-based test kit for Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doing a test with new technique could cost a 10th of a PCR and has been as reliable in small-scale trial<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scientists have developed a highly sensitive Covid test that relies only on low-tech kit and a smartphone, which could be used as a quicker, cheaper alternative to PCR testing.<\/p>\n<p>The team behind the 25-minute saliva test say it provides a highly reliable platform for testing in the workplace or at home. It requires a basic lab kit that includes a cardboard box, a small hot plate and LED light that can be produced for less than \u00a375. The cost of running a test, including the reagents, is about a 10th of a PCR test and is also cheaper than a lateral flow test. The <a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2788464?resultClick=3\">team\u2019s findings are published in the journal JAMA Network Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jan\/28\/us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/615aaee6a9dada72e38bdce77c9a3a774bf52424\/0_56_4534_2720\/master\/4534.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=de2f1ba4c15328f7178fc4b1cba692c8\" title=\"US scientists develop cheap smartphone-based test kit for Covid\" \/>Doing a test with new technique could cost a 10th of a PCR and has been as reliable in small-scale trial<\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have developed a highly sensitive Covid test that relies only on low-tech kit and a smartphone, which could be used as a quicker, cheaper alternative to PCR testing.<br \/>\nThe team behind the 25-minute saliva test say it provides a highly reliable platform for testing in the workplace or at home. It requires a basic lab kit that includes a cardboard box, a small hot plate and LED light that can be produced for less than \u00a375. The cost of running a test, including the reagents, is about a 10th of a PCR test and is also cheaper than a lateral flow test. The team\u2019s findings are published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doing a test with new technique could cost a 10th of a PCR and has been as reliable in small-scale trial Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Scientists have developed a highly sensitive Covid test that relies only on low-tech kit and a smartphone, which could be used as a quicker, cheaper &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/28\/us-scientists-develop-cheap-smartphone-based-test-kit-for-covid\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US scientists develop cheap smartphone-based test kit for Covid<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}