Conceptual diagram of kinetic barcoding using the reaction rate of the CRISPR Cas13 enzyme. The dashed area on the right represents the guide RNA region modified to control the reaction rate. Credit: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

As the spread of infectious diseases accelerates, technologies that can accurately distinguish multiple viruses in a single test are becoming increasingly important. KAIST and an international research team have developed a new diagnostic technology that simultaneously identifies various viruses and variants by controlling the "speed" of gene scissors.

This study was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering .

This technology is expected to transform responses to emerging infectious diseases, as it can detect multiple infections at once while reducing the complexity of testing procedures.

A research team led by Professor Sungmin Son from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, in collaboration with researchers from the University of…