This new animated video from Science explains how CRISPR technology can be used to develop diagnostic tests using optogenetics. Recent advances in technologies such as The Broad Institute’s SHERLOCK may lead the way to CRISPR-based disease detection systems for conditions including Zika viral infection.

 

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