studiot Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 The title says most of it, here is an inspiring extract Four years ago, Brian and his fellow students at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, came up with this low-cost, reusable device called Matibabu which detects malaria quickly without drawing blood. Although still in prototype stage, the society judges called his malaria testing machine "simply a game changer" in the fight against this deadly disease. Magnets and matiscope "Matibabu" means "treatment" in Swahili, and the machine uses magnets and a custom-made portable device called a matiscope. This shines a red beam of light on to the user's finger, detecting a substance called haemozoin crystals, the by-products of the malaria parasite. The makers believe Matibabu could transform the situation by speeding up testing times since it does not need to draw blood nor use invasive needles that children, in particular, can struggle with. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44484581 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I couldn't see a link to any published papers in the BBC article. Does anyone have a link to the original research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 12 minutes ago, Prometheus said: I couldn't see a link to any published papers in the BBC article. Does anyone have a link to the original research? Probably still in the authors heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Prometheus said: I couldn't see a link to any published papers in the BBC article. Does anyone have a link to the original research? Some references http://www.innovation4malaria.org/matibabu.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-44481723 https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/dec/27/magnets-light-beams-end-blood-tests-malaria-uganda-sub-saharan-africa http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2071-29362017000100023 http://pctechmag.com/2015/07/matibabu-malaria-diagnosis-app-wins-funding-from-museveni-at-mozilla-festival-east-africa/ May be difficult to open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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