NanoMal Blood Analysis Unit for Malaria

Foreseen almost as a micro pathology lab in the space of an over-the-counter glucometer, the “NanoMal” can extract the DNA of the malaria pathogen, Plasmodium falciparum, from a drop of human blood, and then do a PCR amplification and sequencing to determine both the species of the parasite and its expected resistance to drug therapy.  It can do this in about 20 minutes; each microfluidics chip costs about $18, and the hand-held unit is about the cost of a smart phone.  MORE

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