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PARC Builds iPod-Sized HIV Detector

Posted by timothy on from the use-the-y-jack dept.

MikeChino writes "Right now it's difficult, if not impossible, to quickly detect HIV in patients living in impoverished countries. That may all change soon, though — researchers at a California outfit called the Palo Alto Research Center have built an iPod-sized handheld device that can provide an immune check-up in under 10 minutes — all with a prick of the finger. With millions of people around the world without access to a full-size laboratory, PARC's device could revolutionize the detection and treatment of HIV."

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  1. This is great news by kilodelta · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And not just for the extremely rural areas. It can be used in a doctors office here in the U.S. And that the device doesn't cost a small fortune means you'll see it in widespread adoption in the first world too.

  2. iPod-sized? by the_other_chewey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    iPod-sized? Really? Which one? nano, mini, classic, touch, ...
    How about some real measurement, like a pack of cards or fractions of a VW Beetle?

  3. Re:that's crap by IorDMUX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    did you know right now in the USA liver failure is the leading cause of AIDS death?

    Even if that were true, it could easily be astounding evidence of the effectiveness of the AIDS drug cocktail.

    (i.e. The patients are living long enough to die to something such as liver failure rather than immunodeficiency-related conditions)

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