Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Streamlined inactivation, amplification, and Cas13-based detection of SARS-CoV-2

  • Jon Arizti-Sanz,
  • Catherine A. Freije,
  • Alexandra C. Stanton,
  • Brittany A. Petros,
  • Chloe K. Boehm,
  • Sameed Siddiqui,
  • Bennett M. Shaw,
  • Gordon Adams,
  • Tinna-Solveig F. Kosoko-Thoroddsen,
  • Molly E. Kemball,
  • Jessica N. Uwanibe,
  • Fehintola V. Ajogbasile,
  • Philomena E. Eromon,
  • Robin Gross,
  • Loni Wronka,
  • Katie Caviness,
  • Lisa E. Hensley,
  • Nicholas H. Bergman,
  • Bronwyn L. MacInnis,
  • Christian T. Happi,
  • Jacob E. Lemieux,
  • Pardis C. Sabeti,
  • Cameron Myhrvold

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19097-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for user-friendly diagnostic techniques. Here, the authors present SHINE, a streamlined and optimised Cas13-based method with accompanying smartphone app for visual diagnosis.