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  • Inexpensive, portable detector identifies pathogens in minutes

    Apr 23, 2020 4:45 pm by Lois YoksoulianResearch
    Electrical and computer engineering professor Brian Cunningham co-led a multi-institutional team to demonstrate an inexpensive and rapid smartphone-based pathogen testing device designed to ease pressure on testing laboratories during pandemics such as COVID-19. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

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    Researchers have demonstrated an inexpensive yet sensitive smartphone-based testing device for viral and bacterial pathogens that takes about 30 minutes to complete. 

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