miSherlock – Detecting COVID-19 Variants from Saliva

Despite increasing vaccination rates, new, more-infectious variants of SARS-CoV-2 could prolong the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and MIT have created a low-cost, CRISPR-based diagnostic platform that can detect SARS-CoV-2 variants in a patient’s saliva without the need for any additional equipment. The team hopes their device will enable more widespread testing of populations for COVID-19, especially in places that lack lab facilities.

Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University

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