Dr. Hani Al-Hadrami, Assistant Professor at King Abdulaziz University and Consultant in Molecular Diagnostics developed a very low cost rapid test which takes less than 15 minutes to detect the coronavirus.
The tests were carried out at the King Fahd Center for Medical Research, based in King Abdulaziz University.
The research was funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.
A patent has been registered to obtain the rights. The research papers have been submitted for publication in Talanta Scientific Journal.
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MAKKAH, SAUDI ARABIA