A Scottish university's new test for coronavirus has been proven to be more than 99 per cent accurate in official UK government medical tests.
The University of Aberdeen's Universal EpitoGen test has passed the penultimate round of quality tests laid down by UK medical chiefs at the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control.
In assessments at the NIBSC - part of the UK's MHRA regulatory body - the Scots test detected antibody responses with an accuracy level of 99.5 per cent.It also correctly identified negative results in 98.5 per cent of cases.
For comparison, a recent study found that lateral flow tests typically have an accuracy rate of around 80 per cent, rising to 90 per cent in the most infectious cases.
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