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Harvard-Led Team Develops Handheld Device for DNA, RNA Amplification, Detection

Jan 10, 2018
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John Gilmore
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This article has been updated to correct the name of the founder of Diagnostics for All. 

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Researchers at Harvard University and non-profit Diagnostics for All have combined electrochemical detection with recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) on a portable device to improve detection of genetic material from multiple tuberculosis strains.

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