Brazilian scientists develop biosensor for cheap dengue diagnosis
09-Jun-17, ET Healthworld
Brazilian scientists have developed a biosensor that can quickly detect dengue and could help create a cheap tool to diagnose the painful mosquito-borne virus that infects millions each year.
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They are looking to produce a testing kit that would cost clinics and hospitals around USD30 and take about 15 minutes to analyse blood samples for a key dengue protein, said Cleverton Luiz Pirich, a researcher at the Federal University of Paraná.
A biosensor is an analytical device that converts a biological response into an electrical signal.