Title:Rapid Nucleic Acid Reaction Circuits for Point-of-care Diagnosis of
Diseases
Volume: 22
Issue: 8
Author(s): Ezry Santiago-McRae, Sung Won Oh, Anthony Monte Carlo, Omri Bar, Emily Guan, Doris Zheng, Catherine Grgicak and Jinglin Fu*
Affiliation:
- Center for Computational and Integrative Biology, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, USA
- Department of
Chemistry, Rutgers University-Camden, Camden, NJ 08102, USA
Keywords:
Nucleic acid assay, Isothermal amplification, Nucleic acid circuits, CRISPR-Cas, Point-of-care, Diseases.
Abstract: An urgent need exists for a rapid, cost-effective, facile, and reliable nucleic acid assay for
mass screening to control and prevent the spread of emerging pandemic diseases. This urgent need is
not fully met by current diagnostic tools. In this review, we summarize the current state-of-the-art
research in novel nucleic acid amplification and detection that could be applied to point-of-care
(POC) diagnosis and mass screening of diseases. The critical technological breakthroughs will be
discussed for their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, we will discuss the future challenges of
developing nucleic acid-based POC diagnosis.