Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Rapid, adaptable and sensitive Cas13-based COVID-19 diagnostics using ADESSO

  • Beatrice Casati,
  • Joseph Peter Verdi,
  • Alexander Hempelmann,
  • Maximilian Kittel,
  • Andrea Gutierrez Klaebisch,
  • Bianca Meister,
  • Sybille Welker,
  • Sonal Asthana,
  • Salvatore Di Giorgio,
  • Pavle Boskovic,
  • Ka Hou Man,
  • Meike Schopp,
  • Paul Adrian Ginno,
  • Bernhard Radlwimmer,
  • Charles Erec Stebbins,
  • Thomas Miethke,
  • Fotini Nina Papavasiliou,
  • Riccardo Pecori

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30862-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 antigen tests are commonly used point-of-care tests and provide rapid results but lack sensitivity. Here, the authors present a new point-of-care approach for COVID-19 diagnosis, “ADESSO”, which outperforms antigen tests on clinical samples and can be quickly adapted for different variants.