 Shares of Astrotech Corp. were rocketed about 6-fold up 496 on very heavy volume in morning trading Wednesday, after the company said it was developing a breath test that could screen for lung infections, incoluding the COVID-19 virus. Trading volume was 23.3 million shares, compared with the full-day average of about 21,600 shares over the past 30 days. The stock had closed at a record low of 1.09 on Friday. The companys BreathTest-1000 is now under development; in June 2017, the company had announced positive results from preclinical trials of its BreathDetect-1000 bedside breathalyzer that detects bacterial infections in the respiratory tract, including pneumonia. Subject to regulatory approvals, the company plans to combine the detection of COVID-19 withthe detection of pneumonia into the BreathTest-1000. The stock has now rallied 76 over the past 12 months, while the SP; 500 has lost 12.3. 