{"id":1885,"date":"2021-12-13T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/?post_type=nus-news&#038;p=1885"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T02:40:50","slug":"prof-zhang-yong-and-researchers-from-duke-nus-have-co-developed-saliva-based-covid-19-rapid-test","status":"publish","type":"nus-news","link":"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/news\/prof-zhang-yong-and-researchers-from-duke-nus-have-co-developed-saliva-based-covid-19-rapid-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Zhang Yong and researchers from Duke-NUS have co-developed saliva-based COVID-19 rapid test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1819 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ-1350x1264.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/cde.nus.edu.sg\/bme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/11\/YZ.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Professor Zhang Yong and researchers\/clinicians from SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre have co-developed PASPORT, a new saliva-based COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) that is convenient to use and has high sensitivity close to the gold-standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, please click:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/pasport-breakthrough-saliva-based-covid-19-rapid-test\/?utm_source=Corpsite&amp;utm_medium=Highlight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/news.nus.edu.sg\/pasport-breakthrough-saliva-based-covid-19-rapid-test\/?utm_source=Corpsite&amp;utm_medium=Highlight<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hm73Nmxdt1I&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hm73Nmxdt1I&amp;t=1s<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Professor Zhang Yong and researchers\/clinicians from SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre have co-developed PASPORT, a new saliva-based COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) that is convenient to use and has high sensitivity close to the gold-standard Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. 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