AIST: Practical use of new virus testing equipment: GeneSoC
February 26, 2020 10:04 JST
AIST: New virus testing equipment
According to NHK news on the night of February 25, a subcommittee of the lower house budget committee was held.
At the meeting, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / person in charge explained that the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) was able to detect coronavirus with a newly developed testing device.
New virus testing: instrument performance
“The inspection time, which conventionally takes 4-6 hours, can be greatly reduced to about 15 minutes.”
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said, “We will work with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to commercialize the site next month.”
New gene quantifier: GeneSoC
An instrument currently on sale by Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
The equipment was introduced with video materials and the performance was explained.
Kyorin Pharmaceutical: GeneSoC
According to Kyorin’s announcement, it started selling last November.
GeneSoC states that “a target gene in a sample can be identified in about 5 to 15 minutes.”
Canon Medical Systems: Test Kit
On February 25, we started participating in research and development of diagnostic methods for new coronavirus infections.
Announced that development of rapid diagnostic kit has started.
Canon Medical Systems has a track record of commercializing test kits and detection reagents such as Ebola hemorrhagic fever in 2015 and Zika virus in 2018.
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/2020-02-26/Q6A8FTDWRGG101?srnd=cojp-v2
In 15 Minutes ”Rapid Virus Testing Aims to Be Commercialized Next Month | NHK News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20200225/k10012300851000.html
February 25, 2020 Development of rapid new coronavirus gene testing system started
Canon Medical Systems Inc.