Hi, I'm Mo Barrow with the
Discovery files from NSF, the U.S.
National Science Foundation.
Have you been tested for COVID?
If you have, you know, the nasal swab
tests can be just a wee bit uncomfortable, but no worries.
The researchers are developing a noninvasive breathalyzer test
that can deliver results in as little as 15 seconds.
NSF funded researchers at the Ohio State University are using nanotechnology
to measure biomarkers in the breath unique to the virus.
Early tests have proven effective in identifying the virus in critically
ill people, picking up early COVID 19 infection
within 72 hours of the onset of respiratory failure
and reducing the number of COVID 19 patients needing a ventilator.
The team says this research is unprecedented in its use of a nano sensor
breathalyzer system to detect viral infection in exhaled breath
with a potential increase in COVID infections during the holidays.
A quick, noninvasive method of detecting viral infections
has significant importance. Results in 15 seconds.
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