A Quebec research team has just received the green light from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to test a device that will shorten the response time for detecting COVID-19.

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"In a matter of minutes, the device could indicate whether the sample contains coronavirus antibodies, an operation that currently takes several hours," said Université de Montréal chemistry professor Jean-François Masson.

A specialist in biomedical instrumentation, Masson is working with UdeM chemistry professor Joelle Pelletier as part of a team led by Université Laval chemistry professor Denis Boudreau.