Biomeme, a new company from Philadelphia, is planning to launch an easy to use system that can perform a real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR is its acronym in English ) and provide results through any smartphone, without using expensive lab equipment or an expert to work in it. The goal is to provide medical professionals, regardless of their location, the ability to perform advanced diagnostics and monitoring diseases.
Biomeme platform transforms a smartphone into a mobile laboratory for advanced DNA diagnostic and disease monitoring in real time. The system includes:
- A docking station for the real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)
- A mobile application to control the system through wireless connection, analyze the results in real time and send them to the cloud
- Target test equipment for sample preparation and identification of pathogens or diseases, according to its specific DNA or distinctive RNA.
This low cost system requires no special laboratory equipment and could allow mobile inspection at a healthcare point, agriculture, monitoring of vectors, veterinary medicine, environmental monitoring, and even education.
More info here: http://bio-meme.com/
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