$2 Egg-beater Could Save Lives In Developing Countries

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

Plastic tubing taped to a handheld egg-beater could save lives in developing countries. The low-cost centrifuge replacement can separate plasma from blood in minutes, which is used in tests to detect lethal infectious diseases responsible for half of all deaths in developing countries.

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