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SNP-Chip: CRISPR-Based Transistor Detects Single Point Mutations

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on CRISPR-based diagnostics, Kiana Aran, PhD, was developing the CRISPR-Chip. It was, according to Aran, the first transistor that uses CRISPR to ...
Business Wire

CRISPR-SNP-Chip: Electronic Measurements of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Without DNA Amplification

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cardea Bio, a Tech+Bio company integrating molecular biology with semiconductors electronics via graphene-based biology-gated Cardean Transistors, announced today that its ...
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CRISPR-SNP Chip Finds Point Mutations in DNA Without PCR

Some diseases, like sickle-cell anemia and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are due to errors in only a single letter of the human genome. Scientists are beginning to learn more about the ...
BioWorld

Illuminating SNP's causal role in response to diabetes drug

Researchers have identified a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that affected whether the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone, GlaxoSmithKline plc) would cause a rise in cholesterol levels.