(The Gist of Science Reporter) miSHERLOCK

(GIST OF SCIENCE REPORTER) miSHERLOCK

[September-2021]

miSHERLOCK

• Scientists from Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and several Boston-area hospitals have developed an inexpensive, CRISPR-based diagnostic device, known as minimally instrumented SHERLOCK (miSHERLOCK). 
• The device helps to detect SARS-CoV-2 and its multiple variants using a sample of saliva at home. It gives results that can be read and checked by a smartphone application
  within an hour. 
• It effectively recognised three different variants of SARS-CoV-2 in tests and can be quickly reconfigured to distinguish extra variations like Delta.

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