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Dutch researchers training bees to detect COVID-19 infections
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COVID-19, a finding they said could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds.To train the bees, scientists in the bio-veterinary research laboratory at Wageningen University gave them sugary water as a reward after showing them samples infected with COVID-19.
They would get no reward after being shown a non-infected sample. Health Canada approves first Canadian-made rapid COVID-19 test Having got used to the system, the bees were able to spontaneously extend their tongues to receive a reward when presented with an infected sample, said Wim van der Poel, a professor of virology who took part in the project.“We collect normal honeybees from a beekeeper and we put the bees in harnesses,” he said. “Right after presenting a positive.
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