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Scientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform – MIT News

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2017-04-13 NEWS

MIT News

Scientists unveil CRISPR-based diagnostic platform
MIT News
Unlike DNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes (such as Cas9 and Cpf1), Cas13a can remain active after cutting its intended RNA target and may continue to cut other nontargeted RNAs in a burst of activity that Zhang lab scientists referred to as “collateral cleavage.

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The Verge

New CRISPR tool can detect tiny amounts of viruses
Science Magazine
This exquisitely sensitive and specific tool promises to help detect diseases that other diagnostics miss, and it’s simple and cheap to use. Sexier still, it exploits a variation of CRISPR, the genome-editing method that has become the rage in biology
With a little detective work, CRISPR can say what that infection isThe Verge
A new CRISPR breakthrough could lead to simpler, cheaper disease diagnosisWashington Post
CRISPR cousin SHERLOCK may be able to track down diseases, scientists saySTAT
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2017-04-13 NEWS

University of California appeals patent setback, extending CRISPR fight
BioPharma Dive
In mid-February, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) ruled that key patents held by the Broad on CRISPR-Cas9 do not overlap with competing claims from UC, effectively supporting the Broad’s existing patents for use of the technology in eukaryotic