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 chikungunya virus, dengue, DNA, Zika
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Sandia researchers discover mechanism for Rift Valley fever virus infection
June 16, 2016 – 10:30 am
Virus uses known cancer pathway LIVERMORE, Calif. — Viruses can’t live without us — literally. As obligate parasites, viruses need a host cell to survive and grow. Scientists are exploiting this characteristic by developing therapeutics that close off pathways necessary for viral infection, essentially stopping pathogens in their tracks. Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) and […]
By Patti Koning
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Posted in Bioscience / Medical Research
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Also tagged Biology, disease-carrying mosquito, Ebola, infectious disease, Journal of Virology, mosquito, Rift Valley fever virus, RVFV, Sandia, Sandia National Laboratories, virus, Wnt pathway, Zika
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