RE: Test. Test. Test4 Mar 2021 19:01
DaP....numbers have not been given...but few clues in last rns...
Clues can be found in these 3 paragraphs below....it seems like our test will be very very sensitive and specific
"The current gold standard for estimation of viral load continues to be laboratory-based PCR tests. However, these detect viral RNA levels and not necessarily the presence of infectious virions, which means that many patients test positive, long after they are no longer infectious. Paraytec has thus adopted an additional comparator test developed by the University of Sheffield, to verify the presence of intact virus particles. This involves ultracentrifugation and high-resolution fluorescence microscopy to independently verify the presence of virions in clinical samples. "
"In parallel to the sample processing described above, the Paraytec team has been using isolated lab-grown virus to optimise the operational sensitivity of its instrument for the detection of pre-symptomatic and early-stage symptomatic virus levels. It believes it will be able to confirm, within a period of four weeks, a lower limit of detection of 1,000 virions per millilitre of sample, also a market-leading value."
"Paraytec will complete additional analysis of samples in the clinical pipeline in order to acquire robust statistical data and prepare the detailed technical specification required by regulators and producers. The team believes that the high speed and high sensitivity of its test may enable the undertaking of multiplexed "matrix" testing. Matrix testing combines samples from multiple people for simultaneous analysis, such that 20 parallel tests can yield individual results for up to one hundred people. Such a test would be very helpful to the successful operation of large events, like sports or music festivals."
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