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Federal Push For Faster, Cheaper Coronavirus Tests Focuses On 7 New Technologies

The National Institutes of Health is giving $248.7 million dollars to seven companies developing new technologies for testing, including use of the revolutionary gene-editing technique CRISPR.

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Rob Stein is a correspondent and senior editor on NPR's science desk.