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ReviewIndian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB2021

CRISPR/Cas-New Molecular Scissors in Diagnostics and Therapeutics of COVID-19.

A Gadwal, D Roy, M Khokhar, A Modi, P Sharma, P Purohit

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Review in Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A comprehensive review on efficient approaches for combating coronaviruses.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A GadwalDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0002-6049-8635
D RoyDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0002-3429-1470
M KhokharDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0001-7106-8545
A ModiDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0002-6488-4701
P SharmaDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0002-8324-737X
P PurohitDept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India.ORCID 0000-0001-8559-2911
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current pandemic of COVID-19, with its climbing number of cases and deaths, has us searching for tools for rapid, reliable, and affordable methods of detection on one hand, and novel, improved therapeutic strategies on the other. The currently employed RT-PCR method, despite its all-encompassing utility, has its shortcomings. Newer diagnostic tools, based on the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas(CRISPR-Cas) system, with its better diagnostic accuracy measures, have come up to fill that void. These assay platforms are expected to slowly take up the place of COVID-19 diagnostics. Further, the current therapeutic options focus mainly on counteracting the viral proteins and components and their entry into host cells. The CRISPR-based system, especially through the RNA-guided Cas13 approach, can identify the genomic characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 and provide a novel inhibition strategy for coronaviruses. In this mini-review, we have discussed the available and upcoming CRISPR-based diagnostic assays and the potential of the CRISPR/Cas system as a therapeutic or prevention strategy in COVID-19. CRISPR-Cas system shows promise in both diagnostics as well as therapeutics and may as well change the face of molecular diagnosis and precision medicine.

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Cas13COVID-19CRISPR-CasPAC-MANSHERLOCK

Identifiers

PMID33879980
PMCPMC8050156
OpenAlexW3156243456

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