{
  "id": 3631972,
  "title": "A rapidly deployable CRISPR-Cas3 diagnostic platform for emerging RNA viruses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/a-rapidly-deployable-crispr-cas3-diagnostic-platform-for-emerging-rna",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.25.746999v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Rapidly converting viral genome information into deployable molecular tests remains a major challenge in outbreak preparedness. We developed CONAN-SWIFT (Simple Workflow for Isothermal Field Testing), a sequence-to-test platform that integrates computational assay design, reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification, CRISPR-Cas3 detection, reagent lyophilization and lateral-flow…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}