Wednesday, 6 February 2013

CHIP CAN DIAGNOSE HIV IN 15 MINUTES


The mChip is a new cheap, highly portable blood test and has proven to be as accurate as expensive hospital-based analyses in detecting HIV, syphilis and other infectious diseases Researchers tested prototypes of the credit card-sized lab-on-a-chip with hundreds of patients in Rwanda, reporting nearly 100% accuracy. This new mChip could help knock down three barriers to effective delivery of healthcare into the world’s poorest regions: difficult access, high costs and long delays for results.

Read More: http://www.mchip.info/


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