December 4th, 2007 by The MediNEWS Team
Researchers at the UC Davis Health System and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have entered into a collaborative effort to develop two ‘Point-Of-Care’ (POC) prototype instruments for the detection of pathogens causing bloodstream infections, one in hospital settings and the other, a field portable device, for disaster management camps. The team, led by Gerald Kost, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Director of the Point-of-Care Testing Center for Teaching and Research (POCT-CTR), will develop these novel devices using the elementary technologies of other LLNL-developed instruments, such as the Autonomous Pathogen Detection System, designed for protection against bioterrorism. The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has already granted a fund of around $8.5 million for the development of these devices.
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