{"id":485134,"date":"2022-08-16T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/a-fast-accurate-equipment-free-diagnostic-test-for-sars-cov-2-and-its-variants\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T18:28:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T15:28:04","slug":"a-fast-accurate-equipment-free-diagnostic-test-for-sars-cov-2-and-its-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-fast-accurate-equipment-free-diagnostic-test-for-sars-cov-2-and-its-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"#A fast, accurate, equipment-free diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ecc60134e0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ecc60134e0\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/a-fast-accurate-equipment-free-diagnostic-test-for-sars-cov-2-and-its-variants\/#%E2%80%9CA_fast_accurate_equipment-free_diagnostic_test_for_SARS-CoV-2_and_its_variants%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;A fast, accurate, equipment-free diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_fast_accurate_equipment-free_diagnostic_test_for_SARS-CoV-2_and_its_variants%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;A fast, accurate, equipment-free diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/a-fast-accurate-equipm.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/a-fast-accurate-equipm.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"SHINEv.2 is a CRISPR-based diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants that can be performed with only five simple steps. Depicted is a version of SHINE v2 that reads out its results via a method similar to other viral home tests. Credit: Jon Arizti Sanz, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/a-fast-accurate-equipm.jpg\" alt=\"A fast, accurate, equipment-free diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants\" title=\"SHINEv.2 is a CRISPR-based diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants that can be performed with only five simple steps. Depicted is a version of SHINE v2 that reads out its results via a method similar to other viral home tests. Credit: Jon Arizti Sanz, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard\" width=\"800\" height=\"386\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                SHINEv.2 is a CRISPR-based diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants that can be performed with only five simple steps. Depicted is a version of SHINE v2 that reads out its results via a method similar to other viral home tests. Credit: Jon Arizti Sanz, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SARS-CoV-2\u2014continues to spread worldwide. Testing for the virus and its variants can help limit transmission and inform treatment decisions, and is therefore an important pillar of the public health response.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Now, a team of researchers from Princeton University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created an easy-to-use diagnostic test for COVID infection that is more sensitive than the commonly used at-home antigen tests, and that also allows for the rapid and specific detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in point-of-care settings. The study was published May 30, 2022 in the journal <i>Nature Biomedical Engineering<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Viral infections are often challenging to detect\u2014as we all realized in the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic,&#8221; said Cameron Myhrvold, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton.<\/p>\n<p>The improved test detects virus using a different mechanism than the more familiar clinic-based PCR or at-home antigen tests. Instead, the test detects virus using a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> known as CRISPR, which has found widespread use in gene editing. CRISPR originated from a system used by bacteria to detect and defend against viral infections, and is uniquely suited to rapidly identifying specific genetic sequences.<\/p>\n<p>Myhrvold previously worked with Broad Institute member and Harvard University professor Pardis Sabeti to develop a CRISPR-based test that could be tailored to diagnose specific viral infections. In the wake of the pandemic&#8217;s first wave in 2020, Myhrvold&#8217;s team of researchers modified their test, which they called SHINE, to detect SARS-CoV-2 with remarkable sensitivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The original version of SHINE was more of a lab-based test,&#8221; said Myhrvold. &#8220;We wanted to make it possible to perform outside of a lab, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to self-test or test at home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jon Arizti-Sanz, a graduate student in medical engineering in the joint Harvard-MIT Health <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s and Technology department and whom Myhrvold is mentoring, spearheaded a collaborative effort between the two scientists&#8217; research teams to improve SHINE. First, the group focused on eliminating the need for specialized equipment to prepare patient samples for testing. Next, they optimized the test so that its reagents don&#8217;t need to be kept in a freezer, which ensures that the test can be easily transported long distances.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>They dubbed the improved test &#8220;SHINEv.2.&#8221; After confirming that the altered test worked well in their own laboratory, the group sent a test kit to a laboratory in Nigeria to see whether it could survive a long period in transit and still retain its accuracy and sensitivity. It did. But then a new challenge arose for the team to address.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we were working on SHINEv.2, new SARS-CoV-2 variants emerged, so we wanted to make tests for them,&#8221; said Myhrvold.<\/p>\n<p>The team was able to quickly adapt SHINEv.2 to discern between infections mounted by the Alpha, Beta, Delta or Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants in patient samples, and say the test can be rapidly modified to pick up on any other variants that may arise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The data indicating this approach can be used to distinguish SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern by differential detection of genomic mutations could enable us to better prepare for the appearance of the next mutation,&#8221; said Tony Hu, director of the Center for Intelligent Molecular Diagnostics and Weatherhead Presidential Chair at Tulane University. Hu reviewed the manu<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> for <i>Nature Biomedical Engineering<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Because it tests for the different variants all at once, this version of the test needs one special, but relatively inexpensive, piece of equipment to read out its results. Nonetheless, SHINEv.2 is much faster to perform, and requires much less equipment and expertise, than current approaches used to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants. The team envisions that it would mainly be used at doctors&#8217; offices, even ones with limited resources in remote locations, to help physicians determine which viral variant is afflicting their patient, and tailor therapies appropriately.<\/p>\n<p>The team also wanted to create a version of their test that would be usable by people at home, which meant optimizing it so that it can be performed without any special equipment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We created a fully equipment-free version that can be performed by incubating the reaction using body heat\u2014holding it in the underarm\u2014or at room temperature,&#8221; said Myhrvold. &#8220;Our goal was to minimize the need for heating as much as possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The approach reported by authors could be a significant contribution for pandemic control by providing a method that requires minimal sample processing or heating,&#8221; Hu said.<\/p>\n<p>The home test doesn&#8217;t discern between the different viral variants, but the minimal sample processing involved in this version of SHINEv.2 would be a boon to the home user\u2014especially with a test that can accurately detect an infection with high sensitivity, picking up on cases that might be missed by other types of home tests. Myhrvold is optimistic that SHINEv.2 will soon be joining the front lines in the battle against SARS-CoV-2, and any other new pathogen that arises in the future.\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Rapid antigen COVID-19 tests may not be keeping pace with variants of concern, researchers find\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Jon Arizti-Sanz et al, Simplified Cas13-based assays for the fast identification of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, <i>Nature Biomedical Engineering<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/s41551-022-00889-z\">DOI: 10.1038\/s41551-022-00889-z<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Princeton University<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/main\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 A fast, accurate, equipment-free diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 and its variants (2022, August 16)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 16 August 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-08-fast-accurate-equipment-free-diagnostic-sars-cov-.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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