Reengineering Life

CRISPR Could Allow for Fast, At-Home Coronavirus Testing

It could be as simple to use as a pregnancy test — but it’s not there yet

Emily Mullin
Published in
5 min readMay 27, 2020

--

Photo illustration. Source: South_agency/Getty Images

Reengineering Life is a series from OneZero about the astonishing ways genetic technology is changing humanity and the world around us.

--

--

Emily Mullin
OneZero

Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.