New Corona Able to test many antibodies at once Tokyo University of Science new method August 13 22:13
Groups such as Tokyo University of Science announced that they have developed a new method that can increase the number of antibody tests to check whether they have been infected with the new coronavirus in the past.
The antibody test is a test for antibodies in blood that occurs after infection, and is said to be useful for checking the infection status in the area.
Professor Yasufumi Murakami's research group at Tokyo University of Science announced that he has artificially synthesized antibodies that react with two proteins contained in the virus, and has developed a new method using these antibodies.
In the new method, blood for about 100 people is put in a separated plate and is applied to a device widely used in universities and laboratories to check whether or not a certain amount of antibody is contained at once. I am going to do it.
In order to verify whether this method can be used in the research group, when examining 362 samples from the teens to 80s in the Tokyo area who wanted to have a test, it was found that the antibody was found in about 2% of 7 people. is.
According to a survey of approximately 8,000 randomly selected by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in June, 0.1% of people who had antibodies were 0.1% in Tokyo, 0.17% in Osaka, and 0.03% in Miyagi. However, the research group explained that the test results do not reflect the local infection status.
Professor Murakami said, "The new method is also cheap because it is an advantage. We would like to carry out further verification so that we can find out the exact infection situation in Japan."