Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 is easily the most defining feature of 2020. In the last 8 months the world has changed radically and there have been plenty of fumbles as countries struggle to deal with the chaos. One of the most important issues has been testing for the virus. In this video, I aim to demystify how that testing actually works down to the chemical level and show exactly how it's done. We'll be covering the viruses anatomy, as well as three types of test: PCR, LAMP and Antibody.

Earlier videos:
PCR - https://youtu.be/7kJ2o7P8D00
Gel Electrophoresis - https://youtu.be/sSKls2kNC4U
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00:00 - Introduction
04:00 - Virus Anatomy Overview
09:45 - PCR Overview
13:30 - Performing PCR
20:37 - Testing at Scale and Robots (Opentrons)
23:30 - LAMP overview
27:50 - Performing LAMP (Biofoundry)
30:30…