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Congratulations to Harry Akligoh on submitting his MPhil thesis!

He demonstrated the successful application of locally manufactured OpenVent from the Open Enzyme Collection in the detection of four sexually

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October 18, 2021 No Comments

Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Myriad Other Applications

This review lays out the current state of the art for research of LAMP-based SARS-CoV-2 testing, as well as its

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September 13, 2021 No Comments

Homebrew reagents for low cost RT-LAMP

Reverse transcription–loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) has gained popularity for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The

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September 9, 2021 No Comments
ZIKV Sensor

Decentralizing Cell-Free RNA Sensing With the Use of Low-Cost Cell Extracts

Cell-free gene expression systems have emerged as a promising platform for field-deployed biosensing and diagnostics. When combined with programmable toehold

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August 23, 2021 No Comments

Spores Against COVID

Spores Against COVID Image credit:  Adrian Daerr on Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0 Project Background Spores Against COVID is

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February 16, 2021 No Comments

Developing affordable COVID diagnostics for the global South: on-going work in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

This blog is cross-posted from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology website. One area of our research that is

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November 5, 2020 No Comments

AfriDx kicks off: affordable COVID diagnostics for Ghana

The AfriDx Initiative has officially begun and we’re excited to see what we can achieve.  AfriDx is a 15-month project led

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October 5, 2020 No Comments

AfriDx: COVID diagnostics for Ghana using LAMP

AfriDx: Building infectious disease diagnostic capability in low- and middle-income countries Management of people movement, containment of disease spread, and

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May 28, 2020 No Comments

Local Manufacturing of Enzymes For The Multiplex Diagnosis of Candidiasis and STIs

Local Manufacturing of Enzymes For The Multiplex Diagnosis of Candidiasis and STIs The advent of emerging, reemerging infectious and non-communicable

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May 12, 2020 No Comments

Building research and innovation capacity in Ethiopia through sustainable enzyme biomanufacturing.

Building research and innovation capacity in Ethiopia through sustainable enzyme biomanufacturing Previous Next Technological advances and government policy are fuelling

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February 27, 2020 No Comments

CRISPR-TyphoidDx

Local production of a Cas12-based typhoid diagnostic in Cameroon through a novel academic-community partnership The Open Bioeconomy Lab has partnered

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February 18, 2020 No Comments
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Low-Cost Viral Diagnostics

South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection worldwide. For infected individuals, drug therapy depends on knowing

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May 9, 2019 No Comments

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