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HIV and syphilis diagnosis in 15 minutes on smart phone dongle

04-Feb-2015

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A team of researchers developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that detects three infectious disease markers from a finger prick of blood in just 15 minutes.

The study was published in the Science Translational Medicine journal.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

National public health institute of the United States

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Public health graduate school of Columbia University

OPKO Health

Company focused on development of novel and proprietary technologies for pharmaceuticals and diagnostics

Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC)

Government office in Kigali, Rwanda.

Samuel Sia

Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University.

Science Translational Medicine

Journal that publish papers with topics related to translational medicine

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Diagnostics