Communications Biology (May 2022)

Automated amplification-free digital RNA detection platform for rapid and sensitive SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis

  • Hajime Shinoda,
  • Tatsuya Iida,
  • Asami Makino,
  • Mami Yoshimura,
  • Junichiro Ishikawa,
  • Jun Ando,
  • Kazue Murai,
  • Katsumi Sugiyama,
  • Yukiko Muramoto,
  • Masahiro Nakano,
  • Kotaro Kiga,
  • Longzhu Cui,
  • Osamu Nureki,
  • Hiroaki Takeuchi,
  • Takeshi Noda,
  • Hiroshi Nishimasu,
  • Rikiya Watanabe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03433-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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An automated amplification-free digital RNA detection platform using CRISPR-Cas13a and magnetic bead technology implemented in a microchamber device demonstrates sensitive SARS-CoV-2 genomic RNA detection and variant discrimination.