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Stanford has developed new antibody test for COVID-19 - Griffins78 - 04-22-2020

Test for antibodies against novel coronavirus developed at Stanford Medicine

Quote:"Working around the clock for two weeks, a large team of Stanford Medicine scientists has developed a test to detect antibodies against the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in blood samples...

...The test was launched April 6 at Stanford Health Care. It differs from an externally developed test that Stanford researchers used for a prevalence study during recent community screening events...

...Commercial serological tests are now being developed around the world, but their quality is uncertain and variable, Montine said. “We thought this was an urgent medical need, and the usual supply chains were unreliable, so we decided to build our own.”

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RE: Stanford has developed new antibody test for COVID-19 - dabigv13 - 04-22-2020

Love this. When I first heard about the "Stanford antibody study" I assumed they were using homegrown antibodies. I was bummed to see they were not. Having worked in the Stanford bio research labs as an undergrad, I knew they would be able to nail this.

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RE: Stanford has developed new antibody test for COVID-19 - Griffins78 - 04-22-2020

I found the list of research Stanford is working on related to COVID-19 was interesting and encouraging.

COVID-19 Research

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RE: Stanford has developed new antibody test for COVID-19 - dabigv13 - 04-22-2020

The longer we can hold back the surge, the longer we have for some of this research to pan out. Thanks for sharing, I found it encouraging as well.

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