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A device detects the virus that causes COVID-19 in ambient air within 2–3 min, and has been successfully tested at two universities in the US. Device was developed by the company Smiths Detection, and has a sensitivity equivalent to PCR testing.

The system uses a technology called CANARY developed by researchers at MIT. Genetically engineered immune cells bind to one specific target such as a toxin or pathogen. When they do so, they begin to emit light.

When CANARY technology was originally developed, [the MIT researchers] basically cloned out the same genes that jellyfish use to be bioluminescent.

Smiths Detection developed their BioFlash Biological Identifier over 10 years ago to detect toxins such as ricin and pathogens like the anthrax bacterium. The company realized that, if the BioFlash could detect SARS-CoV-2, it could defend not just against malicious threats but against unintentional ones posed by infected individuals too. They had to identify antibodies that would bind specifically to SARS-CoV-2, and be resistant to any mutations that might happen and lead to false negatives.

As far as known, there is yet no solution for on-site detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air (or aerosols) commercially available, so this Smiths device could become the first detector.

A device detects the virus that causes COVID-19 in ambient air within 2–3 min, and has been successfully tested at two universities in the US. Device was developed by the company Smiths Detection, and has a sensitivity equivalent to PCR testing. The system uses a technology called CANARY developed by researchers at MIT. Genetically engineered immune cells bind to one specific target such as a toxin or pathogen. When they do so, they begin to emit light. When CANARY technology was originally developed, [the MIT researchers] basically cloned out the same genes that jellyfish use to be bioluminescent. Smiths Detection developed their BioFlash Biological Identifier over 10 years ago to detect toxins such as ricin and pathogens like the anthrax bacterium. The company realized that, if the BioFlash could detect SARS-CoV-2, it could defend not just against malicious threats but against unintentional ones posed by infected individuals too. They had to identify antibodies that would bind specifically to SARS-CoV-2, and be resistant to any mutations that might happen and lead to false negatives. As far as known, there is yet no solution for on-site detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air (or aerosols) commercially available, so this Smiths device could become the first detector.

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SARS-CoV-2 is not an airborne virus. Never was... This is a fucking retard detector.

[–] 3 pts

its a airborne virus, its the FLU

[–] 1 pt

seasonal flu is also spread by droplets. science n' shiiiieeeettttt.

[–] [deleted] 2 pts

There is always money to be made of you understand the scam

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sensitivity equivalent to PCR testing.

So basically absolute shit

[–] 0 pt

its pretty much the medical equivalent of the rigged roulette with with a stop button.

it claims to detect something that we always have in us.

coronaviruses always have ebeen colds and flu.

[–] 0 pt

'Horse Shit'. This is almost as absurd as my local 'braintrust' deciding to 'test' the water at the sewage plants, and then Screaming WE FOUND COVID!!!!!. BUT zero explanation of what That actually means.

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How? Coof does not exist.

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But can it detect shit particles when you fart?

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You know Washington would be littered. They should have a stupid ass detector for dumb people.

[–] 0 pt

My device can detect airborne particles of bull shit.

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Hype done.. short their stock...

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No it cant, what it can do is be used by bad actors to restrict free movement

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SARS-CoV-2 was always airborne. We were lied to about not needing masks and it not being airborne at the beginning of the pandemic because they didn’t want people to panic buy medical supplies. It was dumb and caused the loss of trust in experts. Cloth masks are useless, only N95 masks work effectively.

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