Sep 14, 2020
Returning guest and founder of Quantgene, Jo Bhakdi, discusses
his work at Quantgene in the COVID-19 testing arena.
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Quantgene’s genomic and liquid biopsy technologies have played a significant role in advancing the speed and accuracy of cancer identification. Now, they’re focusing their efforts on COVID-19 testing methods. “We are all about real-time medical intelligence,” says Bhakdi, as he explains that medicine is mostly a data problem, with the COVID-19 situation being no exception. According to Bhakdi, the COVID-19 testing crisis is not a molecular diagnostic problem, but a time problem: it’s simply taking far too long for people to get their results.
Bhakdi explains what PCR testing is and how it works. This
includes an explanation of how the amount of genomic material
doubles with each amplification cycle in the PCR procedure, in what
way the test involves DNA sequencing, and the role of the protein
polymerase in synthesizing strands of DNA.
He also explains what Quantgene’s COVID-19 test provides that
others don’t, and the enormous demand for a reliable test that
delivers fast results.
Visit https://www.quantgene.com/ to
learn more.
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