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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Northwestern and Minute Molecular collaborate on potential PCR test for monkeypox

September 29, 2022

Northwestern spinoff company Minute Molecular Diagnostics is collaborating with the University to develop a monkeypox PCR test.  The test could provide positive or negative monkeypox results in about...

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Northwestern spinoff company receives $21.3 million grant to produce single-swab COVID-19 PCR test

April 27, 2021

Northwestern spinoff company Minute Molecular Diagnostics was awarded a $21.3 million grant from National Institutes of Health to produce pilot cartridges for a COVID-19 test that takes a single swab,...

Northwestern professor creates inexpensive test for infectious diseases

April 28, 2014

A Northwestern professor was awarded a grant to work on a medical testing device that can be used to diagnose infectious diseases in remote, inaccessible areas. Biomedical engineering Prof. David Kelso, who...

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