A portable blood test device for HIV has been created
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The testing of an extremely affordable blood test kit, the size of a credit card that can detect infections within minutes, can radically improve healthcare worldwide.
The device, developed in the USA and called mChip, consists of ten individual zones, on which it is necessary to place only one drop of blood for analysis.
Prototype devices that were tested in hundreds of patients in Rwanda, who needed to be tested for HIV infection or syphilis, gave correct results in 100% of cases.
The developers of the device argue that the ability to quickly get the result of a blood test, in contrast to conventional tests, which often need to wait a few days or even weeks, helps improve the prevention of the spread of HIV and STDs.
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