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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

iPod-Sized HIV Detector: Affordable Rural testing

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via Inhabitat by Ariel Schwartz on 4/2/10

sustainable design, green design, design for health, hiv, aids, parc, palo alto, green design, eco design, africa, hiv detector

Right now it's difficult, if not impossible, to quickly detect HIV in patients living in impoverished countries. That may all change soon, though — researchers at a California outfit called the Palo Alto Research Center have built an iPod-sized handheld device that can offer up an immune check-up in under 10 minutes — all with a prick of the finger.


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