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UNC research team develops low-cost COVID-19 test


When the pandemic started, Ronit Freeman, an associate professor in UNC-Chapel Hill's department of applied physical sciences, said she was eager to see how she could contribute to COVID-19 research. Her team had been doing research on other types of diseases in the airways and lungs, so she looked into applying that expertise to COVID-19. (Daily Tar Heel)

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UNC research team develops low-cost COVID-19 test