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Aug 24, 2010
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Health diagnosis made simpler: Bioengineers design device to help detect diseases quickly

Tags: arizona state university, bioengineering, infectious disease, nanotechnology, proteomics

[Source: Science Daily] - Arizona State University researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.

New testing instrumentation developed by Antonia Garcia and John Schneider promises to make the procedure less costly and produce results in less time.

Current testing is slow and expensive because of the complications of working with blood, saliva, urine and other biological fluids, said Garcia, a professor in the School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, one of ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

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