Handheld Diagnostic Tool for Infectious Diseases
Channel: Purdue Engineering
Date: 2019-02-05

Jackie Linnes, an assistant professor in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University,  has been working with her research team, to develop a handheld diagnostic tool made out of paper.  By adding an electronic component, the tool would make lab detection tests both faster and portable for a range of infectious diseases, thanks to the inherent properties of paper.

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