[Logical Extinction]

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Thank you America

Next step: Development of peptide fusion inhibitors

[Damocles]

God bless the free market and the U.S.A.

When we set our minds to it we can do anything. The speed of this is amazing...

[per loin]

Seems like we have seen the announcement of quite a few new tests, but we still see patients classified as supect or probable.

[dc-zoo]

I'm sure they'll cash in with this test kit. Its a shame that so many suspected sars case individuals in china and taiwan may have been cremated without ever having been tested. Many more who may have sars and die even before antibodies are detectable. There is still need of an early test for sars which this product does not appear to be.

[TaxRelief]

...identified and synthesized a peptide from SARS viral proteins, named V-S26, which is confirmed to bind specifically with serum antibody from SARS recovered patients.

The so-called "super spreaders" didn't produce antibodies did they?

The danger of rapid tests is that there is too much reliance on them. Rapid-strep test is a great example: if the test is positive and the patient can start treatment right away, that's great. But a negative test does not mean "no strep" and a swab may still may need to be sent out for culturing.

[vetvetdoug]

This virology is all very interesting but I wish someone would develop a test to detect interested and willing females. That would be a stock to own.

[tallhappy]

Next step: Development of peptide fusion inhibitors

If one wants to waste one's time on overhyped methods that don't work medically -- but bring in plenty of corporate welfare for scam artists pushing it.