Microfluidics to fight cholera

A cheap and portable device to detect cholera has been made by Italian researchers that could help significantly reduce the number of cholera related deaths.

Cholera is a serious water-borne infection that can be fatal. A recent outbreak in Haiti has killed over 600 people and, globally, the disease claims more than 100,000 lives annually. Current detection technologies, such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay screening - a biochemical technique used to detect the presence of an antibody in a sample - are sensitive, but expensive and time consuming.  More...

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