Source: Chantal Allam, WRAL TECHWIRE, 6/16/20

 Advanced Animal Diagnostics, as the name suggests, makes tests for animals, not humans. However, in the age of coronavirus, this small ag tech company from Morrisville finds itself “repurposing” its QScout blood test platform — designed to detect disease in cattle — to now be used for screening COVID-19 in humans. “We always knew there were applications for technology in the human market,” said AAD’s CEO and President Joy Parr Drach. “We had planned to eventually develop products; we just hadn’t expected to do that so soon.”

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