Sandia prototype dramatically cuts cost, time for detection of mosquito-borne illness LIVERMORE, Calif. — Add rapid, mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list of things that smartphone technology is making possible. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a smartphone-controlled, battery-operated diagnostic device that weighs under a pound, costs as little as […]
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Testing for Zika virus: there’s an app for that
March 20, 2017 – 11:58 am
By Julia Bernstein
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Posted in Biology, Bioscience / Medical Research, Science / Technology / Engineering
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Also tagged dengue, DNA, mosquito-borne disease, Zika
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Lighting up disease-carrying mosquitoes
March 21, 2016 – 10:30 am
Sandia’s QUASR enables speedy, accurate detection of West Nile and other viruses LIVERMORE, Calif. — Mosquitoes are deadly efficient at spreading disease. Despite vaccines and efforts to eradicate the pesky insects, they continue to infect humans with feared diseases like Zika virus, malaria and West Nile virus. Gaining the upper hand on mosquitoes requires speed. […]
By Patti Koning
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Posted in Biology, Bioscience / Medical Research
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Also tagged Analytical Chemistry, disease-carrying mosquito, Ebola, mosquito, Sandia National Laboratories, West Nile virus, Zika
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