A Fast and Accessible Method for the Isolation of RNA, DNA, and Protein To Facilitate the Detection of SARS-CoV-2

  1. Jose Carlos Ponce-Rojas
  2. Michael S. Costello
  3. Duncan A. Proctor
  4. Kenneth S. Kosik
  5. Maxwell Z. Wilson
  6. Carolina Arias
  7. Diego Acosta-Alvear

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Abstract

Management of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires widespread testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A main limitation for widespread SARS-CoV-2 testing is the global shortage of essential supplies, among them RNA extraction kits.

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  1. Version published to 10.1128/jcm.02403-20
  2. Version published to 10.1101/2020.06.29.178384v3 on bioRxiv
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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
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    Primary antibodies were diluted in 0.5% BSA-TBST as follows: anti-HSP-70 (Cell Signaling Technology 4872) 1:1,000; anti-LANA/ORF73 (Advanced Biotechnologies 13-210-100)
    anti-HSP-70 ( Cell Signaling Technology 4872
    suggested: None
    anti-LANA/ORF73
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    For ZIKV infections, HeLa cells were grown to 60% confluency and then infected with ZIKV at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 1.
    HeLa
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Image post-processing was carried out in Photoshop CC (Adobe) using automatic contrast.
    Photoshop CC
    suggested: (Adobe Photoshop, RRID:SCR_014199)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).

    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.

    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.

    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.

    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No funding statement was detected.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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