Researchers combat global disease with a cell phone, Google Maps and a lot of ingenuity
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Researchers have developed a compact and cost-effective RDT reader platform to combine digital reading of all existing rapid-diagnostic-tests. The team's new reader is installed on a cell phone that can work with various lateral flow immuno-chromatographic assays and similar tests to sense the presence of a target analyte in samples.