A woman in a labcoat manipulates a test tube

UNLV Professor Helps Make Key Coronavirus Test Kit Component

Life sciences' Helen Wing and colleagues assisting Southern Nevada Health District with viral transport medium; other faculty in College of Sciences contribute protective equipment.

Life sciences professor Helen Wing helps make viral transport medium, a key component in coronavirus test kits, in her lab at UNLV.

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