RE: Gerald has a new non exec chairmanship position19 Jan 2021 12:03
https://twitter.com/mylesmcnulty/status/1351488667341250561?s=21
If @avacta #AVCT sorts itself out and gets its BAMS assay CE Marked (and FDA approved?) - and if the assay can run on the mini mass specs of @Microsaic #MSYS - then they could be onto a genuine challenger to RT-PCR for #COVID19.
Antigen-based - so 5-10 mins, as opposed to 45-180 mins for PCR; and won't use amplification (as PCR does), thus no 'overly-accurate' true negatives.
#MSYS' miniature mass spectrometers are an equivalent size to desktop PCRs. Maybe 2-3x more expensive, but the MUCH faster throughput and greater accuracy could make the tech the gold-standard for #COVID19 testing.
#AVCT has already suggested that it will be; what #MSYS could bring to the table is much more practical - and widespread - infrastructure.
Just the small matter of @avacta getting that clinical validation sorted...!
GB’s reply -
This was exactly what I had in mind for @Microsaic long before their business model ran into #COVID19 instead of seeing MS as a solution to that very problem using Bead-Assisted Mass Spectrometry with @avacta @AptamerGroup in the #ecowaterOS consortium.
Above and below ground. There is as much long term value in sewage for installed, retrofitted and portable miniaturised MS devices from @Microsaic + @DeepVerge #MicrotoxPD