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  • Microscope that detects individual viruses could power rapid diagnostics

    Mar 19, 2021 1:30 pm by Liz Ahlberg TouchstoneResearch
    Illinois professor Brian Cunningham led a team that developed a microscope technique capable of seeing and counting individual viruses that could underpin new rapid diagnostics, including for COVID-19. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    • Illinois professor Brian Cunningham led a team that developed a microscope technique capable of seeing and counting individual viruses that could underpin new rapid diagnostics, including for COVID-19. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

    A fast, low-cost technique to see, count viruses or proteins from a sample in real time, without chemicals or dyes, could underpin a new class of devices for rapid diagnostics and viral load monitoring, including HIV and the virus that causes COVID-19.