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Breathalyser test for Covid-19 a possibility

IMAGINE a breathalyser or pregnancy test which, instead of their traditional functions, tested for Covid-19.

These are the biotechnological strides being made by a local team utilising nanobodies for rapid antibody testing to detect and in the future potentially treat Covid-19.

Nucleic acid testing, the primary Covid-19 method, requires a laboratory, trained personnel and closed proprietary systems which

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