Researchers set record for detecting smallest virus, opening new possibilities for early disease detection

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 12:30 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—Researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) have created an ultra-sensitive biosensor capable of identifying the smallest single virus particles in solution, an advance that may revolutionize early disease detection in a point-of-care setting and shrink test result wait times from weeks to minutes.

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