Ask HN: How to build COVID-19 test kit?

11 pointsby byebyetechabout 5 years ago

I am curious if there are any biotech experts here who can answer this. Can we open source methods to build COVID-19 test kits? What raw material, tools are needed to pull it off. Given the current testing disaster going on in the US. Would it be possible to go decentralized?

3 comments

jrowleyabout 5 years ago

I imagine it would be challenging to get the necessary samples to accurately calibrate the test/ensure efficacy?

ninetaxabout 5 years ago

How would you test it?

byoung2about 5 years ago

Your bottleneck would not be the building of the test (<a href="https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/brands/thermo-scientific/molecular-biology/molecular-biology-learning-center/molecular-biology-resource-library/spotlight-articles/basic-principles-rt-qpcr.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/brands/thermo-scient...</a>), but the FDA approval. The CDC was able to get emergency use authorization from the FDA in 1 day for its test, but you are not the CDC.

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