AI helps create simpler hepatitis, Covid-19 tests
Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) US researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a simple test that works for both hepatitis C and Covid-19, and delivers results in just a few minutes.
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New York: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) US researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a simple test that works for both hepatitis C and Covid-19, and delivers results in just a few minutes.
The test was 97 per cent accurate for SARS-CoV-2 and 95 per cent accurate for the most prevalent version of the hepatitis C virus found globally, the researchers reported in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.
The simplified test developed by University of Florida scientists currently happens in one small test tube, but it could arrive at doctor's offices soon and, one day, become available as home tests that are as easy as a pregnancy test.
