FDA Authorizes First-Ever Crispr Application For COVID-19 Coronavirus Test

FDA Authorizes First-Ever Crispr Application For COVID-19 Coronavirus Test

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Forbes
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted its first-ever emergency use authorization for the gene-editing technology Crispr on Thursday, greenlighting a coronavirus diagnostic test developed by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Sherlock Biosciences. The test can determine whether a patient sample contains the virus that causes COVID-19 in about an hour.