Researchers advance CRISPR-based diagnostic tool, develop miniature paper test

(Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) The team that first unveiled the rapid, inexpensive, highly sensitive CRISPR-based diagnostic tool called SHERLOCK has greatly enhanced the tool's power to work with a miniature paper test, similar to a pregnancy test, allowing rapid and simple detection in any setting. Additional features greatly expand both the breadth and sensitivity of the diagnostic information, including the ability to detect multiple targets at once and quantify the amount of target in a sample.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news