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UT scientists develop a cheaper, faster method to rapidly detect viruses

Adam Hilterbrand, a microbiology graduate student, and Jeffrey Dick, an electrical chemistry graduate student, developed this method through their work with murine cytomegalovirus, a form of human papillomavirus (HPV)...

24 June, 2016

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Handheld bio-optical sensor helps detect infectious disease

Anitoa Systems, a Palo Alto, Cailifornia (US) startup established in 2011, partnering with Zhejiang University of China, has successfully demonstrated a handheld real time quantitative-polymerase-chain-reaction system...

22 May, 2015

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New single virus detection techniques for faster disease diagnosis

To test the severity of a viral infection, clinicians try to gauge how many viruses are packed into a certain volume of blood or other bodily fluid. This measurement, called viral load, helps doctors diagnose or monitor...

31 May, 2013

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