XNA's IMS - A New Approach to Detecting COVID-19 Virus

Precision molecular scissors that can operate inside our cells have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. Dubbed XNA's IMS, the scissors are themselves built from short pieces of an artificial genetic material called XNA. This folds into specific shapes that can recognize and target for cutting only the genetic sequences of viruses rather than any of the healthy genetic material that's meant to be in a cell.