A new smartphone attachment could provide almost immediate, in-the-field test results for HIV and syphilis. The palm-sized device, tested recently on expectant mothers in Rwanda, could diagnose these ...

A cheap appliance that fits onto a smartphone can successfully test people for the AIDS virus and syphilis, researchers reported Wednesday. The appliance, called a dongle, pulls its power from the ...

HIV-specific antibodies of 3 immunoglobulin isotypes are readily found in human saliva, providing a potential second reliable method of detecting the virus that may be used as a painless alternative ...

Ensuring the quality and performance of human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) testing in routine laboratory situations is an important practical ...

Researchers at Columbia University have taken the mechanics of a laboratory test for HIV and syphilis and crammed them into a device the size of a wallet. It attaches to a smartphone and can provide ...

Scientists have taken a common, yet laborious lab test and redesigned it to be performed in small 3D printed pipette tips used to measure and transfer fluids in the laboratory. An ELISA is an ...

Gold usually means extravagance, but now it could be the key to making vital medical tests cheaper. People in poor countries often do not get timely treatment for cancer or infections, because ...

For the last eight years, Samual Sia, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, has been working in Rwanda, where there is a scourge of sexually transmitted diseases ...

Six kids with thalassaemia in the state recently contracted HIV during blood transfusion, exposing systemic lapses in ...