Gene Editing Paper Test Opens Up A New Era of COVID Testing

An Indian employee working in a mall, reacts as health worker takes a nasal swab sample to conduct his Rapid Antigen test for Covid-19 inside a mall in Mumbai, India

According to a BBC report, a team of scientists in India has developed an inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could give fast results similar to a pregnancy test.

The BBC’s Soutik Biswas and Krutika Pathi spoke with the scientists who developed this to unpack how it works.

Simple Frugal Test Named After A Fictional Detective

The test, named after a famous Indian fictional detective, is based on a gene-editing technology called Crispr. Scientists estimate that the kit – called...

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