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Sun, 2015-09-20 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gavin Macgregor-Skinner

Temperature-Independent, Portable, and Rapid Field Detection of Ebola via a Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System

googlesciencefair.com - 2015

I developed a “stable and stored at room temperature” Ebola Assay Card, applicable as an ELISA-based diagnostic for diseases such as HIV, Lyme and certain cancers, that will allow for water-activated, timed-release detection of Ebola antigens, with detection limits that are analogous to current sandwich ELISA techniques. Reagents become chemically “stabilized” when mixed into silk, which enables them to remain “chemically active” without refrigeration. This Ebola Assay Card will allow for shipment and storage without refrigeration, and provide detection of the Ebola viral antigens based on color change in as little as 30 minutes.

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Country / Region Tags: 
Global
Africa
Guinea
Liberia
Sierra Leone
General Topic Tags: 
Contagion
Disease
Health
Science
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Solutions
Groups this Group Post belongs to: 
Guinea Resilience System
Africa Resilience Initiative
Global Health
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Tue, 2015-09-22 22:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Gavin Macgregor-Skinner

This 16-year-old won the Google Science Fair with a way to detect Ebola

      

techinsider.io - by Jennifer Welsh - September 22, 2015

Olivia Hallisey, a 16-year-old from the United States, won the 2015 Google Science Fair with her project to develop a fast, cheap, and stable test for the Ebola virus, which she says gives easy-to-read results in less than 30 minutes — potentially before someone is even showing symptoms.

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