MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
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Matt Spick[/caption]
Matt Spick, Post-Graduate Researcher
University of Surrey
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Guildford, UK
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Are you measuring lipids or the virus?
Response: In this study, we aimed to detect what the virus does to us, rather than the virus itself. The gold standard for detecting COVID-19 is the RT-PCR test, but by their nature, PCR tests only provide diagnostic information, and at times during the pandemic the availability of PCR tests has been a bottleneck for the identification of the disease. Our goal was to investigate a novel method for the diagnosis of COVID-19, at the same time as learning more about what the disease does to us through lipidomics.
