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UC Berkeley researchers provide blueprint for campus COVID-19 surveillance testing

Photo of saliva-based sars-CoV-2 surveillance testing program
Roxanne Makasdjian, Berkeley News/Courtesy
A team of UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory affiliates led the Innovative Genomics Institute to conduct a study on campus. The study was meant to develop Free Asymptomatic Saliva Testing.

The Innovative Genomics Institute entered summer 2020 with two goals in mind: to launch surveillance testing at UC Berkeley and boost participation rates.
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