<span style="color: #222222;">According to the researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada that the new method overcomes shortfalls of existing processes while saving money.<br />''<br />''The team collaborated with Canadian integrated energy company Suncor to develop algae as a production factory to make necessary proteins to identify COVID-19 antibodies in someone previously infected with the disease.<br />''<br />''The researchers noted that one of the limiting factors in developing large-scale serological testing is the ability to make significant quantities of the viral proteins on a cost-effective basis.<br />''<br />''According to the researchers, algae are cheap to grow and can easily be engineered to produce the viral proteins.</span><br />