DNA Diagnostics in a POC Device
May 23, 2017 | Terry Sharrer
Bioengineers at UCLA recently found that adding a chemical, hydroxynaphthol blue, to the intercalator dyes that detect certain nucleic acid sequences amplifies and stabilizes the fluorescent signal so that a good smartphone camera can read the outcome. This poses the possibility of a point-of-care device that can do DNA or RNA diagnostics in real time. MORE
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