Sticky Paper Offers Cheap, Easy Solution for Paper-Based Diagnostics
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 17:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Global health researchers are working on cheap systems like a home-based pregnancy test that might work for malaria, diabetes or other diseases. A new chemical technique makes medically interesting molecules stick to regular paper -- a possible route to building such paper-based diagnostics from paper you could buy at an office-supply store.