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Instrument-Free Detection of DNA Disease Markers

Vyas Sharma and David Lawrence of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in the U.S. will develop a diagnostic platform based on seed germination by integrating DNA amplification with the expression of reporter proteins in plant seeds to aid in the detection of infectious diseases.

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