A rapid, accurate, scalable, and portable testing system for COVID-19 diagnosis

Guanhua Xun; Stephan Thomas Lane; Vassily Andrew Petrov; Brandon Elliott Pepa; Huimin Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23185-x

Nature Communications (May 2021)

A rapid, accurate, scalable, and portable testing system for COVID-19 diagnosis

Guanhua Xun,
Stephan Thomas Lane,
Vassily Andrew Petrov,
Brandon Elliott Pepa,
Huimin Zhao

Affiliations

Guanhua Xun: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephan Thomas Lane: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vassily Andrew Petrov: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brandon Elliott Pepa: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Huimin Zhao: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23185-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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There is a clear need for rapid, accurate and scalable Covid-19 diagnostics. Here the authors use PfAgo to detect viral sequences amplified by RT-LAMP in a handheld battery-powered device.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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