Seegene develops simultaneous diagnosis kit for 4 types of corona 19 virus including mutations

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Gye Seung-hyun = Seegene[096530]Announced on the 1st that it has developed a simultaneous diagnosis kit for four types of new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) viruses, including mutant viruses.

Seegene is a gene amplification (PCR) diagnostic kit that detects four types of viruses, including the existing Corona 19 virus, a variant virus from the UK, a variant virus from South Africa, and another variant (from Japan and Brazil, etc.) within 2 hours with a single test. Developed.

Seegene applied a patented technology to detect mutations in viral genes and a patented technology that can detect multiple target mutant viruses at once.

An official from Seegen said, “It is a feature of the product that you can know whether other types of mutant viruses have occurred in addition to the previously known British and South African mutations.