Nanowire Sensors for POC Devices
November 11, 2008 | Jane Fruchtnicht
Tarek Fahmy, a professor of biomedical engineering at Yale, was the senior author of a report in Nano Letters that describes Point of Care (POC) devices that employ immobilized pathogenic antigens in cartridges that activate T cells from a patient’s blood sample to diagnosis a condition. The activated T cells produce acid which generates an electrical current in the nanowire electronics. This might be used to diagnose which flu strain a patient has, or test for disease after chemotherapy or antiviral treatments. MORE