Science and Technology Daily reporter Zhang Mengran
If there is a nucleic acid biosensor that can be embedded in fabrics, can it detect bacteria and viral pathogens in the air, including the new coronavirus? According to a paper published in the British journal Nature Biotechnology on the 29th, a team of American scientists successfully developed a wearable, freeze-dried, cell-free synthetic biological sensor using CRISPR technology.
Using synthetic biology technology, nucleic acid biosensors for detecting pathogens can achieve high sensitivity and accuracy
If this synthetic biology technology is integrated into wearable devices, it can greatly improve the monitoring of pathogens or toxins
Scientists now believe that cell-free synthetic biological sensors can overcome these limitations
Experiments have shown that the current performance of these wearable sensors is consistent with the laboratory test results that are regarded as the gold standard.
Researchers said that this technology can also be combined with masks to detect new coronaviruses spread in the air
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