This ostrich-cell mask glows if you have COVID

如果您感染武漢肺炎，這種鴕鳥細胞口罩會發光

【摘要2021.12.20.一. 自由】◎陳成良

Japanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect COVID-19 by glowing under ultraviolet light.

日本研究人員開發出一種使用鴕鳥抗體的口罩，透過在紫外線下發光來檢測「2019冠狀病毒病」（COVID-19，武漢肺炎）。

The discovery by Yasuhiro Tsukamoto and his team at Kyoto Prefectural University in western Japan could provide for low-cost testing of the virus at home, they said in a press release.

他們在一份新聞稿中說，日本西部京都府立大學的塚本康浩與其團隊的發現，可以為在家中進行低成本的病毒檢測提供條件。

The scientists started by creating a mask filter coated with ostrich antibodies targeting the novel coronavirus, based on previous research showing the birds have strong resistance to disease.

這些科學家首先建立一個口罩過濾層，上面塗有針對新型冠狀病毒的鴕鳥抗體，因為先前的研究表明，鳥類對疾病有很強的抵抗力。

In a small study, test subjects wore the masks, and after eight hours, the filters were removed and sprayed with a chemical that glows under ultraviolet light if the virus is present.

在一項小型研究中，測試對象戴上口罩，8小時後移除過濾層，並噴灑一種化學物質，如果存在病毒，就會在紫外線下發光。

新聞辭典

ultraviolet︰形容詞，紫外線的、產生紫外線的。ultra有「極端」、「超」之意，例如︰an ultramodern automobile（超新型汽車）。

subject：名詞（議論的）對象、 受測者、 受試者。例句：I was a subject in a study once; I had to stay awake for two nights.（我曾經是一項研究中的研究對象；讓我不得不連續兩個晚上保持清醒。）