By YOSHINORI HAYASHI/ Staff Writer
June 15, 2022 at 08:00 JST
Rikiya Watanabe, right, a chief scientist at the Riken research institute, and Hiroshi Nishimasu, a professor of biology at the University of Tokyo’s Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, display a plate resembling a compact disc comprised of microchambers developed to reduce the cost of a COVID-19 diagnostic testing procedure. The method was shown at the science and technology ministry in Tokyo on May 25. (Yoshinori Hayashi)
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