The detection of life-threatening infectious diseases – malaria, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and pneumonia – in their latent stages poses a scientific problem, especially in low-resources settings. This project involved optimizing nucleic acid testing (NAT) assays for the sensitive detection of these pathogens and the application of this detection technology in the development of point-of-care diagnostic devices. … Continue reading microPCR Assay Developement for Infectious Diseases

Accurate diagnosis of pathogenic infections requires early stage detection of these pathogens in blood and other body fluids. One of the most important requirements for early detection is the isolation of nucleic acids from these complex body fluids. Blood and other body fluids are not always available in required large quantities (in mL) and the … Continue reading Micro-Scale DNA Isolation