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New CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras to spot virus RNA – UC Berkeley

The low-cost diagnostic tool can provide accurate results in under 30 minutes and is simple enough to be made available at point-of-care settings or even in the…

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Identifying and isolating individuals who may be contagious with the coronavirus is key to limiting the spread of the disease. But even months into the pandemic, many patients are still waiting days to receive COVID-19 test results.
Scientists at UC Berkeley and Gladstone Institutes have developed a new CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic test that, with the help of a smartphone camera, can provide a positive or negative result in 15 to 30 minutes. Unlike many other tests that are available, this test…

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