Enzo Biochem’s Full Service Clinical Laboratory to Launch Coronavirus (COVID-19) Testing Services Next Week
Biotechnology news | March 06, 2020
Enzo Biochem, Inc. (NYSE:ENZ) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Enzo Clinical Labs, Inc., will begin accepting specimens for novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing next week. COVID-19 is a contagious virus that is believed to spread by person-to-person transmission and may have serious health consequences. The virus has infected more than 93,000 people globally including recent detections in the United States. Enzo has many years of experience processing specimens for the detection of viral pathogens. The test used by Enzo is a molecular test that determines the presence of viral RNA in respiratory specimens collected from patients by healthcare providers.