Mobile, instant diagnosis of viruses
Date | 10th, Jan 2019 |
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Source | EurekAlert - Scientific News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
In a first for plant virology, a team from CIRAD recently used nanopore technology to sequence the entire genomes of two yam RNA viruses. This as yet little-used but promising molecular biology technique paves the way for new tools for field diagnosis of plant, animal and human diseases. A godsend for developing countries...