L-R: Professor Patrick Kwan and Dr Tuncay Alan from respectively Monash University's faculties of Medicine and Engineering have collaborated to create a portable testing device which provides rapid, accurate results.
Like turning the bulky CD player into the Apple iPod, Monash University researchers have developed a small device that can perform molecular testing within minutes – making it possible to test people quickly outside traditional laboratories at the point-of-care/need.
Professor Patrick Kwan, from Monash University’s Central Clinical School, and Dr Tuncay Alan, from Monash University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, have developed an ultra-portable, self-contained, nucleic acid amplification test device.
