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Prototype complete for device that can detect Ebola, HIV within minutes

“Handheld laboratory” QuantuMDx has unveiled a working prototype of its DNA analysis device that can diagnose disease in […]

“Handheld laboratory” QuantuMDx has unveiled a working prototype of its DNA analysis device that can diagnose disease in under 15 minutes. It’s got promising implications in developing nations in particular, helping health workers quickly diagnose and help control disease like malaria, HIV, gonorrhea and Ebola.

It also shows potential in the fields of personalized medicine and chronic disease monitoring as well.

“With genetic data at their fingertips, frontline health workers will be able to provide personalized healthcare, no matter where they are,” the company said in a statement. It added that “public health officials will have the information they need to mobilize the right resources to the right place at the right time; researchers will be better equipped to monitor the efficacy of a disease intervention.”

The company unveiled the gadget, called Q-POC, at TEDMED 2014 this week. It’s due for commercialization in 2016, the company said.

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