Integration of CRISPR/Cas12a and Cas13a in one pot for ratiometric calibration of single-nucleotide variations.

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School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tianjian Laboratory of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Esophageal Cancer Prevention & Treatment, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450001, China.

Published: September 2025


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Accurate detection of single-nucleotide variations (SNVs) plays a pivotal role in medical diagnosis. Herein, by integrating Cas12a and Cas13a to simultaneously detect wild-type and mutated sites on a single RNA strand, we developed an innovative one-pot SNV analysis method, namely iCasdrop, which is capable of reducing non-specific signals induced by the wild type sequence and achieving ratiometric calibration of SNVs.

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