Würzburg scientists develop a new diagnostic for SARS-CoV2 based on discoveries in pathogenic bacteria
04/27/2021Based on their discovery of non-canonical guide RNAs of the CRISPR/Cas system in the foodborne-pathogen Campylobacter, the labs of Cynthia Sharma (IMIB) and Chase Beisel (HIRI) have developed a novel multiplex diagnostic technology that makes tests for corona and other pathogens much more efficient.
Their study was published in the journal "Science" on Tuesday 27 April, 2021.
Further details you can find in this article.
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Link to the publication:
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2021/04/26/science.abe7106
Non-canonical crRNAs derived from host transcripts enable multiplexable RNA detection by Cas9
Chunlei Jiao, Sahil Sharma†, Gaurav Dugar†, Natalia L. Peeck, Thorsten Bischler, Franziska Wimmer, Yanying Yu, Lars Barquist, Christoph Schoen, Oliver Kurzai , Cynthia M. Sharma*, Chase L. Beisel* † Equally contributing; * Coressponding authors
