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'Biochip' aims to quicken disease diagnosis, cut medical test costs |
August 12, 2014
A new “biochip” under development to accurately identify disease strains may reduce costs for medical testing and also reduce wait time for results.The Hydra-1K—which is a silicon chip—can be used at doctor’s offices or points of care, where a disease can be instantly analyzed to determine treatment, said Arjang Hassibi, founder and CEO of startup InSilixa, during a presentation at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California.The chip—which Hassibi also called a reader—heats up a culture or sample, and can identify unique molecular structures like DNA sequences, to help identify possible strains of a disease, which can help determine medication, or whether a patient needs to be isolated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2464100/biochip-aims-to-quicken-disease-diagnosis-cut-medical-test-costs.html#tk.rss_all
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