Though there is currently no known scientific cure for the disease known as COVID-19, researchers at the U. S.’s most advanced military agency has designed…
Though there is currently no known scientific cure for the disease known as COVID-19, researchers at the U. S.’s most advanced military agency has designed a coronavirus test that can identify people before they come infectious, according to a media report.
Described as a potential “game-changer,” the test came from a project at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) that was initially designed for diagnosing those who have become poisoned by germ or chemical warfare, The Guardian reports. It was repurposed for the coronavirus pandemic and may be able to detect the presence of the virus in as little as 24 hours after a person is infected.
“The concept fills a diagnostic gap worldwide,” the head of DARPA’s biological technologies office, Dr. Brad Ringeisen, said in an interview with the news outlet. If approved by the FDA under its emergency use approval (EUA), Dr. Ringeisen said that the test could be “absolutely a gamechanger.
