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Westminster university to develop Ebola screening device
The EbolaCheck research initiative aims to create a portable, battery operated device that can detect Ebola in a single process and give results within 40 minutes, which would make it more than eight times as quick as some existing laboratory techniques.
Researchers working on the project, which is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Wellcome Trust, expect the device to be available for use as early as May 2015.
Dr Sterghios A. Moschos, director of the Westminster Genomic Services Unit at the University of Westminster and leader of the EbolaCheck research project, said: “We will use robust technologies to develop a simple but effective tool to diagnose this deadly virus similar to a blood glucose meter, and as reliable as hospital tests. Our portable device will be designed to run on batteries and only needs a small drop of blood to provide a result in less than 40 minutes. We then aim to make the whole process even safer by being able to use the device on saliva and urine. Early prototypes of this tool will be available for demonstration in a few months and we expect to begin testing it with patient samples by May.”
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