The technology giant Toshiba and the University of Osaka (center) have developed a sensor that detects infectious virus in about five minutes.
This new sensor recognizes the forms of the virus in a few minutes, something for which existing methods is necessary to resort to an extension of genes, a process that takes about eight hours, the Nikkei business daily reported today .
the institution and the company plan to launch a diagnostic device based on this new technology in 2020.
faster diagnosis not only prevents the onset of severe symptoms the patient to facilitate delivery of timely treatment, but also reduces the chance of infection.
therefore, other Japanese companies are also working on the development of technologies efficient diagnosis.
This is the case of the company Konica Minolta, which together with the Metropolitan Institute of Medicine, Tokyo, has devised a system of detection of influenza virus (commonly known as flu) altering the technology used for tests of rapid pregnancy.
the system, which uses a chip with a fluorescent pigment high performance, can also one is used to detect mosquito-borne diseases such as fevers zika and dengue.
the company and the institution are working to commercialize the system in 2017, it would come in kit form for a price of $ 9, detailed the daily.
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