Researchers are developing a portable device that gives rapid, accurate test results with the help of a regular smartphone camera. By estimating the number of virus particles in samples, the device could also determine an infection’s progress.
The new test uses a different technology called CRISPR, which the researchers believe can reliably detect the RNA, or genetic material, of SARS-CoV-2 without amplifying it first.
This means that it is possible not only to detect the presence of the virus but also to estimate the number of virus particles, which is a good indicator of the infection’s progress. Cas13a is an enzyme that cleaves RNA molecules. By combining it with a strip of “guide RNA,” scientists can target it at a telltale sequence in a particular virus’s RNA.
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31623-8?utm_source=EA
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/smartphone-based-device-could-detect-sars-cov-2#Phone-camera
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https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201004/Rapid-detection-of-SARS-CoV-2-with-portable-CRISPR-based-mobile-phone-diagnostic-test.aspx
Please see the link below.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201004/Rapid-detection-of-SARS-CoV-2-with-portable-CRISPR-based-mobile-phone-diagnostic-test.aspx
Dear Ijaz Durrani, please have a look at the following link:
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/cp-rac120420.php
Yes! It is achievable. Smart Devices can be programmed to detect SARS-CoV-II.
Infact, there are already some implementation of this technology.
See url below:
https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-12/cp-rac120420.php
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20201004/Rapid-detection-of-SARS-CoV-2-with-portable-CRISPR-based-mobile-phone-diagnostic-test.aspx
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