Last year Mr. Eytan Stibbe was the second Israeli astronaut to exit Earth. Eytan conducted many experiments during his stay at the International Space Station, and one of them was ours! He tested the functionality of the CRISPR-Cas12a-based molecular detection system. This system involves two enzymatic reactions, and now we can report that the system works very well in microgravity, opening the door for developing Cas12a-based diagnostics kits for astronauts!
Read our full paper here; it's open access!
Our Cas12a-based detection in microgravity was conducted during the AX-1 mission on April 2022 by Israeli astronaut, Eitan Stibbe.
Below is a short video of parts of the experiment, including a nice demonstration of microgravity! ( starting at 1:52).
Stay tuned for the results!
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