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Deepta Bhattacharya / Testing for Covid-19

There’s a shortage of antibody testing in the US, so availability and cost are a big issue. But these tests can map the virus and help us pick who can get out of their house and back into the working world.

Click above to listen to part 1 of Treating the Virus, featuring Deepta Bhattacharya, immunologist at the University of Arizona whose lab is making a coronavirus antibody test.  

Treating the Virus:
Part 1: Deepta Bhattacharya / Testing for Covid-19
Part 2: Mark Denison / Antiviral Drugs
Part 3: Mark Denison / How Treatments Work

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