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Illustration of how LUNAS works. Credit: Harm van der Veer

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A new rapid ‘glow-in-the-dark’ test for infectious diseases

Researchers from TU/e, Fontys Hogescholen and Rijnstate Ziekenhuis have developed a new bioluminescence-based sensor that can detect tiny amounts of viral or bacterial DNA/RNA in samples. PCR testing – the highly...

4 April, 2023

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How a CRISPR protein might yield new tests for many viruses

In a first for the genetic toolset known as CRISPR, a recently discovered protein has been found to act as a kind of multipurpose self-destruct system for bacteria, capable of degrading single-stranded RNA, single...

6 January, 2023

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