{"id":171544,"date":"2023-09-07T18:22:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/novel-method-using-dna-nanoballs-could-revolutionize-pathogen-detection"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T23:22:43","slug":"novel-method-using-dna-nanoballs-could-revolutionize-pathogen-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/novel-method-using-dna-nanoballs-could-revolutionize-pathogen-detection","title":{"rendered":"Novel method using DNA nanoballs could revolutionize pathogen detection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/novel-method-using-dna-nanoballs-could-revolutionize-pathogen-detection2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers at Karolinska Institute have developed a novel method using DNA Nanoballs to detect pathogens, aiming to simplify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/life-sciences\/What-is-Nucleic-Acid.aspx\" class=\"\">nucleic acid<\/a> testing and revolutionize pathogen detection. The study\u2019s results, published in Science Advances, could pave the way for a straightforward electronic-based test capable of identifying various nucleic acids in diverse scenarios quickly and cheaply.<\/p>\n<p>Principal investigator Vicent Pelechano, an associate professor at Karolinska Institute\u2019s Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, is cautiously optimistic about the technology\u2019s potential to detect an array of pathogenic agents in real-world settings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe methodology involves combining Molecular Biology (DNA Nanoball generation) and electronics (electric impedance-based quantification) to yield a pioneering detection tool\u201d, says Vicent Pelechano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers at Karolinska Institute have developed a novel method using DNA Nanoballs to detect pathogens, aiming to simplify nucleic acid testing and revolutionize pathogen detection. The study\u2019s results, published in Science Advances, could pave the way for a straightforward electronic-based test capable of identifying various nucleic acids in diverse scenarios quickly and cheaply. Principal investigator [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}