Most coronavirus tests require specialized laboratories and high-tech equipment to process them. But researchers at MIT hope to change that with a test that could conceivably be done in someone's kitchen.
have been working on diagnostic tests based on CRISPR, a powerful gene-editing technology pioneered by MIT biochemist Feng Zhang.
So, Gootenberg and Abudayyeh set about building a coronavirus test that could use a version of the CRISPR system specifically designed not so much to edit the coronavirus genetic material as simply to detect if it is present in a sample. In about a month, they had one.They wanted something simpler. They worked on the chemistry, and tweaked their CRISPR system until they could run the test in three simple steps.
The final step involves dipping a specially treated paper strip in the second tube to read the results. Either one or two lines will appear on the strip. Two lines means the virus is present in the sample, one line means it is not. The researchers are hoping the simplicity of the test will make it easy to deploy. It also means there could even be a home version someday.where researchers can find details of the procedure, and request a sample kit.
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