INIBICA researcher Lucia Olvera Collantes, part of the research group led by Francisco García Cózar, professor at the University of Cádiz researcher at INIBICA, has manufactured the viruses used to demonstrate that detection is possible in fluid droplets and dry residues on surfaces. The work, whose results have been published in the journal Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), was led by Professor Emilio Gómez González, Professor of Applied Physics at the Higher Technical School of Engineering of the University of Seville, and is based on the recording of hyperspectral images in the visible and near-infrared range and their processing using advanced statistical algorithms and artificial intelligence.

The manufacture of harmless viruses based on lentiviruses, but with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in the envelope, has made it possible to conduct experiments without the risks associated with the use of natural viruses.

The work has been funded within the framework of the C-CLEAN Project led by Prof. Gómez-González, and the viruses have been manufactured within the context of the NANOCOMPETE project, led by Dr. Garcia-Cozar. Both projects have been funded thanks to the Covid FIS Fund Call for Proposals from the Carlos III Health Institute, which is part of the Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Researchers continue to actively work on analyzing human samples with SARS-CoV-2.

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