Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in late 2019, the causative agent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has undergone several mutations ...

A coronavirus test that could give results in under an hour has been developed, with the CRISPR-based SARS-CoV-2 DETECTR adding gene-targeting to the methods currently in use to track down COVID-19 ...

In their review paper recently published in the Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, a group of authors discusses currently available and forthcoming CRISPR-based diagnostic assays, as well as the ...

Uncertainty and fear about coronavirus’ spread and the course of the illness is causing shockwaves in our daily lives. A simple paper test could provide answers to basic questions and shape a sensible ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Mammoth Biosciences—the CRISPR-based diagnostics developer whose co-founders include Nobel laureate and genome editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna, PhD—plans to develop, scale-up, and commercialize its ...

Testing for COVID-19 is a critical component in fighting the pandemic. The key is to have accurate and widespread testing. On April 16, 2020, scientists at the University of California San Francisco ...

CRISPR-wielder Mammoth Biosciences will team up with Agilent Technologies to help launch its upcoming COVID-19 diagnostic test, designed to handle more than 4,000 samples per day. Applying the gene ...

Scientists have developed a low-cost swab test that can diagnose COVID-19 infection in about 45 minutes, an advance that may help public health officials scrambling to cope with testing backlogs as ...