COVID-19: Test Developers Focus On New Variants

Researchers discussed ways to ensure COVID-19 diagnostics work for all variants during a recent webinar.

Genomic epidemiology of novel coronavirus - Global subsampling
Researchers Martin Stürmer and Thomas Alef were joined by Agena Bioscience VP Darryl Irwin, from left, at the online session focused on the global spread of pandemic variants.

Right now, it appears COVID-19 diagnostics are holding up against new variants of the virus being detected. But that may not always be the case, scientists said at a 26 February webinar organized by Agena Bioscience.

Variants cause concerns from a number of angles, said Martin Stürmer, laboratory head at IMD Labor in Frankfurt, Germany. For...

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