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COVID Assays Using CRISPR, Smartphones Show Potential for At-Home Testing

Dec 21, 2020
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Christie Rizk
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NEW YORK – Two different research groups have developed new CRISPR-based diagnostic assays for the SARS-CoV-2 virus that can be read with smartphones, and can quantitatively measure patients' viral loads in addition to testing for infection.

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