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  • FDA approves U of I's saliva COVID-19 test: ‘We’re wasting no time in deploying this'

    Mar 3, 2021 8:45 am by Chicago TribuneIllinois in the News
    Harley Johnson, associate dean of research at Grainger College of Engineering, stands outside a mobile unit where up to 10,000 saliva samples per day are processed. Johnson oversaw the team that built and designed the mobile unit. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)

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    Chicago Tribune (March 1) The U. of I. has relied on the test to keep its three campuses open for in-person learning since the fall, garnering national attention for the innovation and running more than 1.5 million samples to date. 

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