Published 2 years ago

Roche develops research test kit that can detect Omicron strains

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Roche's newly acquired subsidiary TIB Molbiol has developed three new test kits to help researchers detect mutations in the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.Governments around the world are urgently scouring databases for recent cases of COVID-19 infections, screening travellers and decoding the viral genomes of the new variant.

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Roche develops research test kit that can detect Omicron strains

[Zurich 3rd Reuters] --Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche announced on the 3rd that its subsidiary, TIB Morviol, has developed three types of test kits that can detect the mutant strain "Omicron strain" of the new coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) says that a widely used test method can determine which mutant strain is infected, but most PCR tests cannot distinguish between delta and omicron strains. A research test kit developed by…

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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