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Reading Disc-Based Bioassays with Standard Computer Drives.
- Source :
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Accounts of Chemical Research . Feb2013, Vol. 46 Issue 2, p258-268. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Traditional methods of disease diagnosis are both time-consuming and labor-intensive, and many tests require expensive instrumentation and trained professionals, which restricts their use to biomedical laboratories. Because patients can wait several days (even weeks) for the results, the consequences of delayed treatment could be disastrous. Therefore, affordable and simple point-of-care (POC) biosensor devices could fill a diagnostic niche in the clinic or even at home, as personal glucose meters do for diabetics. These devices would allow patients to check their own health conditions and enable physicians to make prompt treatment decisions, which could improve the chances for rapid recovery and cure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00014842
- Volume :
- 46
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Accounts of Chemical Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85634253
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ar300104b