“The business environment has allowed us to grow, and there’s a whole set of resources-intellectual resources-that we can tap into,” he said. Increased business from the testing meant Wren Labs had to expand its workforce. “Testing is going to become part of our normal lives,” he said. Kidd said this means there will likely be tests once a week, and that bulk testing or random testing protocols could be put in place. “I can’t forecast what the FDA or the CDC are going to choose to do, but it’s likely that testing will become normalized for kids going back to school.” "It's likely that testing will become normalized for kids going back to school." Wren Laboratories' Mark Kidd
“We’ve received a lot of interest from groups who want to test school children just because they want to go back to some form of normality,” he said.
SchoolsĪnd with children under 12 not yet cleared to receive COVID vaccines, Kidd said they expect to hear from more schools. “The biggest areas where we are doing testing are essential manufacturing, farming and agriculture, and schools,” Kidd said. The test has also increased business for Wren Labs. The test has a 24-hour turnaround time and Wren Labs has the capacity to run thousands of tests each day. The test has a 24-hour turnaround time and Wren Labs has the capacity to run thousands of tests daily. The lab’s work with the federal Food and Drug Administration indicates the test is highly accurate and will likely detect all known mutants including the Delta or Indian mutation, Kidd said. This is especially important for detecting low viral loads. Wren built a special buffer that enables them to collect the saliva while protecting the COVID RNA sample from any degradation. “One was ensuring the virus was collected without degrading the sample because RNA viruses are not stable in saliva.” 'Highly Accurate' “We developed a saliva collection kit, which allows for an easy and rapid collection, then focused on a couple of areas to maximize the collection and test performances. “The swab is not very pleasant so we thought, ‘OK, the first thing we were going to do is develop an easy-to-collect test with saliva,’” Kidd told the Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council's Paul Pescatello in a CBIA BizCast. He said Wren’s scientists decided to focus on a saliva-based test since the nasal swab method “feels like your brain is going to explode.”
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