Barry R. Lutz

This paper introduces a surfactant-based method for direct RNA extraction from plasma and whole blood, achieving high recovery of low-abundance RNA and outperforming existing silica-based kits.

The paper develops a rapid CRISPR-Cas12a-based assay to measure HIV drug levels, showing it can detect clinically relevant concentrations in complex samples.

The paper introduces a rapid, portable assay called REACT to measure NNRTIs for HIV treatment and prevention, showing high accuracy in both buffer and plasma samples.

SwabExpress is a simplified COVID-19 testing protocol that eliminates the need for transport media and nucleic acid extraction, achieving high sensitivity and specificity.

This study uses UMLS-driven NLP on EHR data to identify influenza predictors, finding that complex models with NLP-enhanced data outperform simpler models.