Paper-based diagnostic tests represent an exciting opportunity for improving medical testing in poor countries. They are cheap to produce and don’t require complicated instruments to carry out a test ...

A group of researchers at the University of Washington has found a way to isolate and identify medically interesting molecules using little more than scraps of office paper, a Ziplock bag and a cheap ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and identifies diseases by performing electrochemical analyses - powered only by the user’s touch - and ...

Paper-based diagnostic tests such as rapid COVID-19 assays have broadened access to diagnostic tests beyond the lab. But historically, they have been limited to a binary readout: either yes or no. At ...

The draft concept paper, released on April 7, 2005, 3 describes the Agency's preliminary thoughts on how to prospectively co-develop a drug or biological therapy (drugs) and a device (test) in a ...

Color change: Paper tests, such as those shown here, could make it possible to diagnose a range of diseases quickly and cheaply. A small drop of liquid, such as blood or urine, wicks in through the ...