Tag: Piyush Jain

It is easy to focus on the scale: bustling labs, interdisciplinary centers and access to one of the most powerful supercomputers in higher education. Yet the true strength of UF Engineering lies not in any single facility or discovery, but in how these pieces connect, across disciplines, across industries and across the state. This is where the future is not only imagined. It is engineered.

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics and treatments safer, more precise and more affordable, while opening the door to entirely new ways of controlling disease.

University of Florida researchers, in collaboration with Princeton University, have developed a new genome-editing technology called CODE that enables more precise DNA modifications without cutting both strands of DNA. The system could help expand the possibilities of gene-editing therapies for genetic diseases, agriculture and developmental biology.

UF researchers have developed a breakthrough CRISPR upgrade — called CRISPR-LEAP — that can target nearly any DNA sequence, potentially transforming cancer detection, infectious disease testing and personalized medicine.

The goal: Healthier organs ready for transplant. The UF-developed process stands to revolutionize organ transplants and post-surgical treatment.

A new, easy-to-use HIV-detection test kit being developed at the University of Florida using advanced CRISPR technology shows promise as an early-warning alarm system that could save millions of lives. 

University of Florida researchers have found a new use for “genetic scissors” to detect RNA, a discovery that could lead to faster, more accurate and less expensive diagnostic tests for a host of diseases.

UF engineers reach semi-finals in XPRIZE Contest for new COVID-19 test methods; their CRISPR-ENHANCE methodology published in Nature Communications journal

Piyush Jain, Ph.D., CHE, has been working on a test for the novel coronavirus that can be administered at home in less than 30 minutes.