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.

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