MChip

mChip is a portable blood test device which is capable of diagnosing an infection of HIV or Syphilis[1][2] within 15 minutes[3] and could be used effectively against HIV/AIDS in developing countries.[1][3][4] The mChip costs about US$ 1[3] and the entire diagnostic kit costs about US$ 100.[3][5] mChip was developed so that people in regions with poor health facilities can access portable diagnosis for HIV/AIDS rather than travelling long distances to go to clinics for diagnosis.[4]

  1. ^ a b Christian, Torres (July 31, 2011). "Rapid, cheap HIV test finds success as first of its kind tested in the field". The Washington Post. Retrieved Aug 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Chin, Curtis D; Laksanasopin, Tassaneewan; Cheung, Yuk Kee; Cheung, Yuk Kee; Steinmiller, David; Linder, Vincent; Parsa, Hesam; Wang, Jennifer; Moore, Hannah; Rouse, Robert; Umviligihozo, Gisele; Karita, Etienne; Mwambarangwe, Lambert; Braunstein, Sarah L; van de Wijgert, Janneke; Sahabo, Ruben; Justman, Jessica E; El-Sadr, Wafaa; Sia, Samuel K (31 July 2011). "Microfluidics-based diagnostics of infectious diseases in the developing world". Nature Medicine. 17 (1): 1015–1019. doi:10.1038/nm.2408. ISSN 1078-8956. PMID 21804541. S2CID 6916685.
  3. ^ a b c d "New Portable Device Diagnoses HIV, Syphilis". Voice of America. August 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
  4. ^ a b "$1 tiny chip tests blood, detects HIV in 15 min". The Times of India. 2011-08-08. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-08-09.
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