A well plate used in the early stages of development of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antibody test is seen at the Laboratory for Human Biology Research, Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, U.S., April 19, 2020. Picture taken April 19, 2020. Thomas McDade/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
(Reuters) - It wasn’t easy to build a COVID-19 antibody test during Illinois’ statewide lockdown.
In April, when a key enzyme couldn't be delivered to his shuttered laboratory, Northwestern University researcher Thomas McDade hunted for the package across the empty campus near Chicago, finally locating it at a loading dock. To verify the test’s accuracy, the biological anthropologist and his colleague, pharmacologist Alexis Demonbreun, asked friends and family if they’d be willing to spot them some blood. McDade took a sample from his wife over their kitchen table.
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