COVID-19 Insights
RT- PCR, the gold standard in CoViD-19 diagnosis: the most common pitfalls and their interpretations
The gold standard for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis is the Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, aka RT-PCR or qRT-PCR. This technique has been introduced in 1983 (Saiki et al. 1985) and nowadays is widely used in the diagnosis of many pathologies, from infectious...
Press
Dai test oncologici ai tamponi rapidi, l’innovazione è nel nostro DNA
Intervista rilasciata dal nostro CEO Enrico Di Oto a Marco Bettazzi per la Repubblica Bologna, sezione Economia - 30 agosto 2021 Tra febbraio e marzo hanno sviluppato il primo tampone rapido al mondo per individuare le varianti del Covid, in collaborazione con una...
Events & Awards
OaCP has reached the 2nd place in the 5th China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition
OaCP has been awarded with the 2nd prize of the 5th China (Shenzhen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition. The "Fly With Shenzhen" competition aims at integrating innovation and entrepreneurship resources, assisting overseas innovation and...
OaCP
First in vivo evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 South Africa variant from natural and vaccine-induced sera
Months after the first SARS-CoV-2 variant has been sequenced, many scientific works have largely hypothesized the clinical impact of the mutations, based on in silico experiments. Starting point The role of SARS-CoV-2 mutations has been supposed to impact the immune...
