《Science,3月22日,The standard coronavirus test, if available, works well—but can new diagnostics help in this pandemic?》

  • 来源专题:COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者: zhangmin
  • 发布时间:2020-03-23
  • The standard coronavirus test, if available, works well—but can new diagnostics help in this pandemic?

    By Robert F. ServiceMar. 22, 2020 , 12:15 PM

    As the United States races to ramp up testing for the pandemic coronavirus using technology based on the tried-and-true polymerase chain reaction (PCR), alternative approaches are beginning to roll out that could make it easier and quicker for people to learn whether they have been infected. Some methods modify the standard PCR test, which amplifies tiny bits of genetic material to enable detection, while others sequence the virus directly or use the genome editor CRISPR.

  • 原文来源:https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/standard-coronavirus-test-if-available-works-well-can-new-diagnostics-help-pandemic
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