Despite what some shady companies are selling, there's no way to test yourself for the new coronavirus at home. But that could change. Multiple researchers are racing to develop a CRISPR-based test that's cheap, easy, fast and reliable.
Like the test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this CRISPR-based test can run multiple samples at once. And while the CDC version delivers answers in hours, the test from UCSF and Mammoth Biosciences is faster — providing results in 30-45 minutes.
"What we really want to develop is something like a handheld, pocket-sized device using disposable cartridges," says Chiu — something that could even be use by non-experts as a home-based test. Chiu is confident such tests could be manufactured at a scale that would be widely available. "For two years, we've been working on trying to develop a diagnostic that can pick up on the earliest stages of common respiratory diseases," Sawyer says. Her test doesn't look for the virus itself. Instead, it looks for a response to the virus by the cells of a person who is infected.
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