Researchers of Columbia University has revolutionized the testing mechanism of HIV testing. They have created a dongle that can be attached with any smartphone running Apple iOS or Google Android. It costs only $34.
HIV testing dongle costs much less as compared to $18,000 testing and touch process. HIV dongle uses ELISA pattern to check for antibodies in patient along with treponemal antibodies and its infection. ELISA stands for Enzyme Linked Immuneossorbent Assay.
HIV testing becomes lot easier just like diabetes testing. Just prick the finger of patient. Get the blood and place on plastic collector of device. Then launch its related smartphone application and press the testing button to start the testing process. Dongle releases reagents to start bio test.
Columbia University team has started its beta testing in African country Rwanda. Initially it was tested on 96 patients. Mostly it was working fine but there are some errors. It identified few which were not carrying antibodies of HIV. It will be improved soon and patients would be able to check their HIV status at their own.
[Image Credits: Columbia University Team]
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HIV testing dongle costs much less as compared to $18,000 testing and touch process. HIV dongle uses ELISA pattern to check for antibodies in patient along with treponemal antibodies and its infection. ELISA stands for Enzyme Linked Immuneossorbent Assay.
HIV testing becomes lot easier just like diabetes testing. Just prick the finger of patient. Get the blood and place on plastic collector of device. Then launch its related smartphone application and press the testing button to start the testing process. Dongle releases reagents to start bio test.
Columbia University team has started its beta testing in African country Rwanda. Initially it was tested on 96 patients. Mostly it was working fine but there are some errors. It identified few which were not carrying antibodies of HIV. It will be improved soon and patients would be able to check their HIV status at their own.
[Image Credits: Columbia University Team]
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