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Synthetic Biology Provides a Toehold in the Fight against Zika
Roy A Hall1, Joanne Macdonald2
1Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia.
Cell Host & Microbe
|June 10, 2016
Abstract:
The World Health Organization has identified the development of a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Zika virus as a top research priority. In a recent Cell paper, Pardee et al. (2016) have exploited recent advances in synthetic biology and molecular engineering to deliver a sensitive, affordable, and field-ready Zika test.

