A usb size device detects HIV within 30 minutes

Scientists from Imperial College London and DNA Electronics based in London created a the size of a usb that can detect HIV in less than 30 minutes.

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This is the fastest, smallest and easiest way of detecting it so far HIV and even with high-precision results. At recent researches have been tested 991 samples with 95 percent accuracy, taking about 21 minutes to produce a result.

Patients will be able to place a drop of blood on a spot on the , παρόμοια με τον τρόπο που χρησιμοποιείται στους διαβητικούς για να διαβάσουν τα επίπεδα σακχάρου στο αίμα τους. Αν ανιχνευτεί ο ιός HIV στην ευαίσθητη πλάκα της συσκευής τότε διεγείρεται μία στην οξύτητα η οποία μεταφράζεται σε ένα ηλεκτρικό σήμα στο chip που με την σειρά του μεταδίδεται από την μονάδα δίσκου USB στον υπολογιστή.

Hitherto detection of the virus requires costly and complex laboratory equipment and it takes a couple of days to get the result. Scientists have succeeded in shrinking this equipment that has the size of a large photocopier machine, just a few centimeters, just like a usb stick.

Even if its final price is set at low levels then it will really help the inhabitants of underdeveloped countries who are literally plagued by .

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