With the outbreak of diseases like malaria and meningitis increasing with the change in climate across the world, of which the scientists have been warning for long, the British government have geared up for their combating at the beginning, if not preventing it.
As a remedy, the government plans to develop biosensor chips and hardware for real-time hand-held monitoring technology for detecting diseases like — malaria and meningitis in the field. And, for this it is investing £800,000!
The Cambridge-based nanotechnology firm Akubio will be developing a portable, low cost, rapid response disease diagnosis device. It could eventually not only help doctors make instant and accurate diagnoses, but also be easily made available in these disease-prone poor countries because of their affordable price.
Powered by standard batteries, the device uses the quartz crystal element from a simple wristwatch enabling doctors to make instant, accurate, bedside or in-the-field medical diagnoses from blood or other samples.
