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"As highly-contagious Covid-19 subvariants proliferate, two U.S. researchers are using photonic biosensors on a chip to fight back with a wider scope of immunity testing.

“What we are doing,” said Ben Miller, professor at the University of Rochester, “is showing how to quickly adapt a test assay to a new variant.”

"The main industry partner, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, based in Rochester, NY, is considering the future product for its customer base, said Nate Cady, a team member and professor at SUNY Poly in Albany, 200 miles east of Rochester. Originally a spinoff from Kodak, Ortho-Clinical was recently acquired by Quidel Corp.

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