Paper-based device could bring medical testing to remote locales
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
In remote regions of the world where electricity is hard to come by and scientific instruments are even scarcer, conducting medical tests at a doctor's office or medical lab is rarely an option. Scientists are now reporting progress toward an inexpensive point-of-care, paper-based device to fill that void with no electronics required.