张江多家机构联合助力核酸检测试剂   2022-03-16

 

"\\;Neighbors"\\; came to the rescue when a Shanghai nucleic acid testing facility was overwhelmed by a surge in demand amid the latest resurgence of the novel coronavirus outbreak.Shanghai Biotecan Pharmaceuticals in Zhangjiang, an emerging biomedical tech hub in the Pudong New Area, was able to test 60,000 individual samples every day, nearly two times higher than the Spring Festival nucleic acid test rush period. But the recent spurt in demand had strained its capacity.It desperately needed professionals – people licensed with PCR (polymerase chain reaction), a technique used in molecular biology to create copies of a certain DNA segment. But within a day it sought help, more than 200 people answered the call. The response was beyond expectations for company chairman Lou Jingwei. "\\;I thought it would be very hard to find professionals,"\\; he explained.&\\;nbsp\\;

 

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