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>>> WELCOME BACK, ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS THAT WE HAVE BEEN
HEARING A LOT ABOUT DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS TO DO
WITH TESTING.
WITH TESTING. WE BROUGHT IN A DOCTOR T+@HIS
AFTERNOON WHO IS ON THE FRONT
LINES WORKING ON A RAPID
DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WORKING ON
SOME OTHER INTERESTING THING
WE'LL TALK ABOUT.
JOINING US VIA SKYPE SHE IS THE
CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
BIOCHE+@MISTRY AND MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY.
US TODAY.
US TODAY. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME,
JASON.
JASON.
JASON. >>
JASON. >> WHAT YOU ARE WORKING ON IS
GETTING THE TEST RESULTS MUCH
FASTER THAN WHAT WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW WITH THESE
CORONAVIRUS TESTS. LIST TALK
ABOUT WHAT YOUR TEST DOES THAT
IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT
IS BEING ADMINISTERED RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> SO THE TIME THAT YOU SAMPLE @
THE PATIENT AND THE TIME YOU
GET THE RESULTS THIS 50
MINUTES, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY
SPECIAL LABORATORY SETTING TO
PERFORM THE TESTS.
AN+@D NO KIND OF SPECIAL TOOL T
VISUALIZE THE TEST, PRETTY MUCH
LIKE A PREGNANCY TEST, WITH
YOUR NAKED I YOU KNOW WHETHER
THE PATIENT+@ IS POSITIVE, IF Y
YOUR NAKED I YOU KNOW WHETHER THE PATIENT+@ IS POSITIVE, IF Y@
SEE TWO LINES ON THE PAPER
STRIP OR IF IT IS NEGATIVE.
? OKAY, +@THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT
WOULD BE A LOT C+@HEAPER TOO.
KEEP HOLDING THAT UP THERE,
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD APPEAR
+@
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD APPEAR +@LIKE AFTER THE TEST IS TAKEN
THAT RIGHT?
THAT RIGHT? >> YOU COULD SEE THE ONE THAT
HAS TWO LINES IS P+@OSITIVE AND
THE ONE WITH ONE LINE IS
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE
CHEAPER TO ADMINISTER BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY SPECIAL
EQUIPMENT BUT THE GAME CHAN+@GE
WITH THIS WOULD BE YOU COULD
HAVE RESULTS ASYOU SAID WITHIN
30 MINUTES NOW?
I+@F SOMEONE COMES TO YOU THEY
ARE NOT FEELING WELL THEY GET
THE TEST AND 30 MINUTES LATER
THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE
POSITIVE THEY CAN START TO
QUARANTINE AND SET A WALK
AROUND FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS,
POSSIBLY, COMING INTO CONTACT
WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND MAKING
THEM SICK AS WELL?
>> YES, THAT IS EXACTLY
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. THE WHOLE IDEA THAT THESE TEST
CAN BE ADMINISTERED BY PEOPLE
THAT ARE NOT HIGHLY TRAINED
PERSONNEL LIKE, YOU COULD
PERFORM THE TEST IN A DOCTORS
OFFICE A NURSE OR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER, ANYONE WITH MINIMAL
TRAINING COULD+@ DO THAT.
LIKE, IT WOULD BE AT THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE CENTERS
OR AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY, IT
COULD BE, EVEN LATER ON WHEN WE
CONTINUE TO TEST AND IT +@COULD
COULD BE, EVEN LATER ON WHEN WE CONTINUE TO TEST AND IT +@COULDE
USED IN THE AIR+@PORTS, SAY THE
CHECKED PEOPLE AND THEY HAVE A
FEVER AND YOU SET THEM ASIDE
AND YOU DO THE TEST AND 30
MINUTES YOU KNOW IF THAT PERSON
NEEDS TO BE QUARANTINE.
>> OKAY, HOW LONG, YOU HAVE
THAT IN YOUR LAB ALONG WILL WE
SEE THIS POTENTIALLY OUT ON THE
FRONT LINES?
FRONT LINES? HOW FAST COULD THIS WRAP UP AND
WE GET THE APPROVAL AND WE SEE
THIS TEST BEING ADMINISTERED?
>> SO, WE ARE FINALIZING ALL
THE EXPERIENCE THAT THE FDA IS
REQUIRING FOR APPROVAL AND
AFTER THAT THE FDA HAS A
MECHANISM OF EXPERIMENTING THE
REVIEW IT TAKES TWO WEEKS WE
WILL FILE THE PAPERWORK AND WE
WILL WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THE FDA
TO GIVE US A BLESS+@ING A ONCE @
THAT IS DONE, THAT WE CAN START
USING THE TEST WITH PATIENTS.
>> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. SO, ONE OF THE INTERESTING
THINGS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT
UNDERSTAND, YOU ALL DIDN'T
STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO YOU
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR +@
YEARS AND IT STARTED WITH THE
ZIKA OUTBREAK AND YOU KNEW THAT
THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER EPIDEMIC
COMING IN HERE WE ARE, SO YOU
HAD THIS PLATFORM TO WORK WITH
AND YOU WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY
DEVELOP THIS.
DEVELOP THIS. ONE OTHER THING I WENT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT IS THAT YOU GUYS ARE
WORKING ON A POTENTIAL VACCINE
HERE, IS THAT RIGHT? WHERE ARE
WE WITH THAT?
>> YES, WE DID START P+@LANNING
YEARS AGO WITH THE ZIKA OUTBREAK
. WE THOUGHT ABOUT DEVELOPING A
. WE THOUGHT ABOUT DEVELOPING A@ PLATFORM THAT WHEN THERE IS
ANOTHER EM+@ERGENCY PATHOGEN
COMING WE CHANGE ONE FREE AGENT
OR A COUPLE FREE +@AGENTS THAT
MATCH THAT PATHOGEN AND THAT WE
ARE READY TO GO.
THAT IS WHAT WE DID.
WITH REGARD TO THE VACCINE, IT
IS NOT PARTICULARLY MY GROUP AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI BUT
ANOTHER GROUP IS WORKING
DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE A VACCINE
AND THEY DO HAVE A PLATFORM.
IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE
HAVE THE SAME KIND OF THOUGHTS.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET READY FOR
NOT JUST THE IMMEDIATE THREAT
BUT FUTURE THREATS THAT MAY
COME OUR WAY.
>> THANK YOU, AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF MIAMI I SPEAK FOR ALL OF +@U
WHEN I WISH YOU WELL IN ALL OF
YOUR ENDEAVORS WITH THIS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. I
NOW. I TH+@INK WE ARE ALL COUNTING O
YOU AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE
THE WORK HAPPENING IN YOUR
LABORATORY AND OTHERS RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JASON,
I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME BE
ABLE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY
AND LETTING THEM KNOW THERE IS
HOPE AND SCIENCE IS BEHIND IT
WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN.
>> AS