Publications by authors named "Darby McChesney"
Article Synopsis
- The ongoing pandemic has significantly impacted the global economy, highlighting the importance of diagnostic testing in controlling virus spread and protecting public health.
- A new paper-based device using RT-LAMP allows for easy and visible detection of SARS-CoV-2 with just a simple heat source, making it suitable for use in low-resource settings.
- This testing platform is adaptable, enabling it to be reconfigured for various pathogens by changing primers, and it has potential applications in areas like food safety and animal diagnostics.
Biosens Bioelectron X
December 2021
Article Synopsis
- A new paper-based device has been developed for detecting pathogen nucleic acids using a method called loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), providing visible color changes for easy identification.
- The device was specifically optimized to detect SARS-CoV-2 in human saliva within 60 minutes, achieving a high sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 100%.
- It is designed with multiple reaction zones on special chromatography paper and can be adjusted to identify different pathogens by simply changing the LAMP primers used.
