Detecting Viruses with CRISPR
Cameron Myhrvold |
TEDxBoston
• November 2021
Cameron Myhrvold, Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton, will explain how the CRISPR effector protein Cas13 can be used to detect viruses. CRISPR-based diagnostics should enable self-testing at home, as well as the detection of hundreds of viruses simultaneously in the lab.
Tag words: CRISPR, diagnostics, COVID-19 pandemic, nucleic acid detection, virology