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UCSD Developing SARS-CoV-2 At-Home, Molecular Test Leveraging CRISPR, Isothermal Amplification
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UCSD said it has inked a joint development agreement with an undisclosed diagnostic test developer with the aim of commercializing its approach.

Sense Biodetection Gearing up to Debut Instrument-Free Point-of-Care MDx
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With new financing from Koch Disruptive Technologies and guidance from industry experts, the firm expects to launch its system next year.

InnoTech, MIT Developing Multiplexed Biosensor Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
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Aiming to increase test performance, the developers are integrating separate sensors to detect protein and nucleic acid biomarkers for SARS-CoV-2 in a single platform.

Talis Biomedical Phasing Rollout of SARS-CoV-2 Test, Platform to Reduce Business Risk
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The firm wants to reduce the threat of going to market with a product too quickly without premarket planning, which it said could damage its reputation.

SMART Team Improves Virus Detection Speed With Quantitative CRISPR-Based Isothermal Amplification
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Originally developed to detect contamination of cell therapy products, the method combines CRISPR and PCR technology and can be used to quantify viral loads.

May 12, 2021

Talis Biomedical Discusses Point-of-Care Thesis in First Earnings Call as a Public Company
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Apr 28, 2021

Post-IPO, Talis Biomedical Looks Toward Expanding Infectious Disease Test Portfolio
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Apr 20, 2021

Sense Biodetection Raises $50M in Series B Financing to Develop POC MDx Platform, SARS-CoV-2 Test

Apr 7, 2021

LumiraDx to Go Public on Nasdaq Through SPAC

Mar 5, 2021

Cue Health Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Test Gets FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Feb 12, 2021

Alveo Technologies Receives CE Mark for COVID-19 Test

Feb 3, 2021

UK Team Creates Five-Minute SARS-CoV-2 MDx With Rarely Used Isothermal Amplification Method
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Dec 28, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic Accelerated Development of CRISPR as a Diagnostic Platform in 2020

Dec 23, 2020

Quidel Gets EUA for Rapid, Extraction-Free COVID-19 MDx on Solana System

Dec 3, 2020

GeneMe, Biolyph Partner to Ramp Up Capacity of COVID-19 MDx

Nov 18, 2020

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to First At-Home COVID-19 Test From Lucira Health

Sep 21, 2020

Malaria Assays Use CRISPR for Point-of-Care Multispecies Detection
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Sep 21, 2020

FDA Revises Emergency Use Authorization for Abbott Point-of-Care SARS-CoV-2 Test

Aug 27, 2020

Chinese Researchers Develop CRISPR-Based Isothermal COVID-19 Diagnostic
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Aug 14, 2020

Pro-Lab Diagnostics Nabs FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Molecular SARS-CoV-2 Test

Aug 13, 2020

Many Initiatives Turning to RT-LAMP as Alternative to PCR for Rapid COVID-19 Screening Assays
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Aug 12, 2020

Ender Diagnostics Receives CE Mark for SARS-CoV-2 PCR Test

Jun 5, 2020

Australian Researchers Use Isothermal Amplification Method to Detect Salmonella Subtypes
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May 26, 2020

With Low-Cost SARS-CoV-2 Assay, FYR Diagnostics Looks to Bypass Equipment Bottlenecks
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May 22, 2020

Head-to-Head Comparisons of Commercial SARS-CoV-2 MDx Tests Point to Few Differences in Accuracy
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And a Fourth?

A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in an Israeli study increased antibody levels but did not prevent Omicron variant infections, according to the Financial Times.

For Better Science Software

A virtual institute funded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's philanthropy aims to lure software engineers to academia, Science reports.

Recommendation Explanations

The New York Times writes that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is straining to both make and explain decisions based on limited information.

Genome Research Papers on De Novo Mutation Rates, Polyploid Genotyping, Oncogene Epigenomic Translocation

In Genome Research this week: de novo mutations rates in hemoglobin subunits, analysis of variant calling methods for polyploid plants, and more.