Home > News > Australian researches develop faster meningococcal test
November 20th, 2007
Australian researches develop faster meningococcal test
Abstract:
Researchers from the southeastern Australian state of Victoria have developed a new test for meningococcal disease, which they say is the fastest in the world.
Current tests for the illness take up to two days, but meningococcal can kill patients within twelve hours.
The new test uses tiny gold particles, attached to antibodies, that bind to the surface of the meningococcal bacteria.
Nanotechnology Victoria's Doctor Jeanette Pritchard says the test takes just fifteen minutes.
Source:
radioaustralia.net.au
Bookmark:
| Related News Press |
Nanomedicine
New micromaterial releases nanoparticles that selectively destroy cancer cells April 5th, 2024
Good as gold - improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles April 5th, 2024
Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life March 8th, 2024
Announcements
NRL charters Navy’s quantum inertial navigation path to reduce drift April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
 |
||
 |
||
| The latest news from around the world, FREE | ||
 |
||
|
|
||
| Premium Products | ||
 |
||
|
Only the news you want to read!
Learn More |
||
 |
||
|
Full-service, expert consulting
Learn More |
||
|
|
||