Issue 4, 2020 - New kit for efficient detection of coronavirus

A few days ago, the School of Life Sciences of Tianjin University and Beijing Huaketai Biotechnology Co.
, Ltd.
jointly developed a new coronavirus detection kit
.
The kit can detect the new coronavirus in 15 minutes, which is expected to greatly shorten the screening time
for suspected cases.

Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the team of Professor Jin Hai and Professor Ye Sheng of the School of Life Sciences of Tianjin University quickly prepared and obtained the new coronavirus high-purity protein, and jointly completed the experiments of immunofluorescence chromatography test strip to detect virus antigen sensitivity and crossover with Beijing Huaketai Biotechnology Co.
, Ltd.
, and successfully developed the 2019-nCoV new coronavirus antigen fluorescence immunochromatography rapid detection kit
。 Compared with the current clinical test kits, the biggest advantage of the new kit is "fast", which can detect whether it is a new coronavirus within 15 minutes, which greatly shortens the detection time; At the same time, the kit has high sensitivity and viral protein detection reaches the PG level, which provides a simple and sensitive means
for the early screening of viral infection.
The experimental results show that the performance indicators such as detection limit, sensitivity, and linearity coefficient of the new kit meet the requirements for the effectiveness of
viral antigen detection.

At present, the new kit is stepping up clinical verification, and is expected to be used for rapid detection and early diagnosis of the epidemic after obtaining the inspection and approval of relevant departments, shortening the screening time of suspected cases and helping the prevention and control
of the new coronavirus epidemic.
The scientific research team of the School of Life Sciences of Tianjin University is stepping up the research and development of antibodies for early infection of the new coronavirus and new biological control preparations
.