Recently Milenia Biotec GmbH received several customer inquiries related to COVID-19 detection, due to the fact, that HybriDetect may be used for the detection of RPA, LAMP or PCR amplicons. Following up these inquiries, we did a literature search on the SHERLOCK (Specific High Sensitivity Enzymatic Reporter UnLOCKing) technique, which is a powerful tool to detect genetic information coming from viruses using CRISPR.
What is HybriDetect?The HybriDetect is a lateral flow dipstick (LFD), which is capable to detect different molecules, including gene amplification products, proteins and antibodies. A commonly used application for our test is the detection of gene amplification products resulting from PCR, LAMP or RPA. The underlying genetic information can be detected regardless which kind of organism need to be detected.Finally, labeled primers must be introduced in the amplification step, so that the resulting fragments are labeled and can be detected by the HybriDetect dipstick.
Results can be reported within 5 minutes after lines become visible on the test strip.
