Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Combining machine learning and nanopore construction creates an artificial intelligence nanopore for coronavirus detection

  • Masateru Taniguchi,
  • Shohei Minami,
  • Chikako Ono,
  • Rina Hamajima,
  • Ayumi Morimura,
  • Shigeto Hamaguchi,
  • Yukihiro Akeda,
  • Yuta Kanai,
  • Takeshi Kobayashi,
  • Wataru Kamitani,
  • Yutaka Terada,
  • Koichiro Suzuki,
  • Nobuaki Hatori,
  • Yoshiaki Yamagishi,
  • Nobuei Washizu,
  • Hiroyasu Takei,
  • Osamu Sakamoto,
  • Norihiko Naono,
  • Kenji Tatematsu,
  • Takashi Washio,
  • Yoshiharu Matsuura,
  • Kazunori Tomono

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24001-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Rapid, accurate and specific point-of-care diagnostics can help manage and contain fast-spreading infections. Here, the authors present a nanopore-based system that uses artificial intelligence to discriminate between four coronaviruses in saliva, with little need for sample pre-processing.