Portable, rapid DNA test can detect Ebola and other pathogens
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 19:30
in Biology & Nature
Using technical advances not yet developed when the 2014 Ebola outbreak began, UC San Francisco-led scientists completed a proof-of-principle study on a real-time blood test based on DNA sequencing that can be used to rapidly diagnose Ebola and other acute infections. The researchers said that the test can be used even where lab space and medical infrastructure are scarce.