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West Virginia University

WVU COVID

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A team of researchers from the WVU School of Medicine has developed new diagnostic and antibody tests for COVID-19. The diagnostic test works by detecting the RNA of SARS-CoV-2--the virus that causes COVID-19--in nose-swab samples, like the samples WVU Medicine employee Sydney Turner is taking here. The antibody test identifies an antibody that plays a key role in blocking the virus from infiltrating healthy cells.

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