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MIT engineers develop DNA sensor to detect HIV and cancer at home for under $1
- bmau5 1y agoCancer is a stretch, as we have enough trouble detecting that with deep sequencing - but cool nonetheless for viral screening.
- ratmeadow 1y agoYah my first thought too. There are some common germline variants and tumor mutations which can drive cancer, otherwise a lot of novel mutations which I don't think this probe could detect. Cancer analysis from whole genome sequencing is still very much an in-progress field. Maybe detecting a small number of common drivers at wide/cheap scale is enough to provide big impact. Especially for cancers where the cause is quite specific, like HPV for cervical cancer.