{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61815d3a9b8d40001362aa36/61b081d541317200124e66eb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How did we develop accurate tests for COVID-19?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61815d3a9b8d40001362aa36/1638959366356-62317e34ff79e97092f4b1503fc038b9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It wasn’t too long ago that none of us had even heard of a ‘lateral flow test’ – never mind taken one. In today’s episode, Professor Richard Body tells us about the amazing UK response to develop new tests for COVID-19 – and how his work to ‘test the tests’ is helping diagnose conditions like COVID more quickly and more accurately.</p><p>We’ll also meet Professor Louise Wain, a geneticist looking at whether tiny differences in our DNA sequences could make us more, or less, likely to develop lung conditions like COPD and pulmonary fibrosis.</p><p>Help us fund more cutting edge research to bring hope to the millions living with lung conditions in the UK: asthma.org.uk/hopemachine</p><p>See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.</p>","author_name":"Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership"}