WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed novel technology for a CRISPR-based Covid-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in less than 30 minutes. According to research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures …
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Written by Amitabh Sinha | Pune | Updated: October 8, 2020 7:25:53 am First, the researchers artificially create a guide RNA, which helps guide the genetic scissors to the place in the genome where the cut will be made. To edit a gene, they specially design a small DNA template. …
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Emmanuelle Charpentier of the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discovery of CRISPR, which has been described as a kind of editing software that can be used on DNA (which is information …
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India is experiencing a rapid increase in cases in recent weeks. While we do not know when the COVID pandemic will end, thorough testing and prevention strategies are the only two keys to controlling the pandemic from the start. While experts emphasize the need to increase testing at high rates, …
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