Serbian coronavirus test expected by the fall

It could replace the current test from abroad, RTS reports, adding that the Serbian test for coronavirus is expected by the fall.
As he explains, the tests that are currently available to Serbian citizens are done on the basis of imported proteins. Sometimes in the production of tests, there is a problem with the import of materials because many European manufacturers work only for the domestic market.
That is why the cooperation of Institute for Application of Nuclear Energy (INEP) with the Faculty of Chemistry, which produces material based on domestic proteins, has recently commenced, so our test is expected by the fall, which could replace the current one.
"This means that we will have completely domestic tests that will produce all the components in our country. Three professors with their research groups are working on it. In the Department of Biochemistry, out of maybe 45 researchers and teachers, about 35 teachers are engaged in the project," notes Tanja irovi from the Faculty of Chemistry.
About 250 researchers are working on the coronavirus research and analysis needed to test citizens. There is also a dedicated expert working group consisting of scientists from all over Serbia, and their goal is to intensively monitor the results of research in the country and the world.
Among other things, these teams point out the importance of producing domestic serological ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests that have been in use in our country since June 1, so that citizens can do a quick test at their personal request, which determines the presence of antibodies to coronavirus in a few hours.
Citizens can also find out in this way whether they have been infected with the virus and whether they have created antibodies...