Tuberculosis remains a leading global health challenge, but sputum testing—the current diagnostic standard—is difficult for many patients, especially children and people living with HIV. Researchers ...

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A CRISPR mouth-swab test could transform TB screening with rapid, low-cost detection in low-resource and asymptomatic cases.

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The CRISPR-based TB test can be administered using a simple tongue swab. Credit: New Africa/Shutterstock.com. · Medical Device Network · New Africa/Shutterstock.com. Researchers at Tulane University ...

A Nigerian biotech scientist and research associate at the Sensors lab, Cleveland State University, United States of America, ...

Researchers at Tulane University in the US have created an improved clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based tuberculosis (TB) test that can be administered using a ...