Engineering pathogen triggered biomineralization to enable a new generation of point-of-care tests
Principal Investigator(s)
Hayhurst, Andrew
Funded by
National Institutes of Health
Research Start Date
Status
Active
Unique proteins and peptides can transform salt solutions into crystals visible to the naked eye. The goal if this project is to couple these motifs to small antibodies that recognize repetitive components of pathogens so that the presence of a microbe will be signaled by the appearance of a crystal. This process could lead to the development of a new generation of inexpensive and easy to use point-of-care tests for diseases that will advance human healthcare.