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Diagnostics for All won a $3.0 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United Kingdom’s Dept. for International Development.
The funding, which will be spread over two years, is designated to support the development of three low-cost tests for identifying spoiled milk and infected maize with the goal of boosting productivity on African farms, DFA said
MassDevice.com is liveblogging the World Health Medical Technology Conference at Boston University.
Diagnostics For All is slated for a $100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to further develop its postage stamp-sized, paper-based pathogen testing technology.
Using microfluidics, the paper wicks a blood or other bodily fluid sample through the channels to testing zones without relying on pumps or power. The results of the test simply change color, giving doctors immediate results for tests as sophisticated as HIV detection.
Starting today, MassDevice.com will run several blog posts on the topic of building innovative medical technology for the developing world, featuring some of the leading minds in the field.
This feature will continue up through May 17th and the first annual World Health Medical Technology Conference at Boston University.
