Hundreds of diseases diagnosed with single drop of blood

Dr. Eugene Chan and colleagues at the DNA Medical Institute have won the Nokia XPrize for rHEALTH — a portable handheld device that can diagnose hundreds of diseases using a single drop of blood.  Flu, pneumonia or even Ebola  can be detected in a few minutes.

A vital sign patch monitors EKG, heart rate, body temperature — delivered to one’s smartphone or the rHEALTH device via Bluetooth. An app called CHAS walks the user through the process of self-diagnosis.

By significantly shrinking its components compared to traditional devices, patients will need to give 1,500 times less blood than they would for regular tests.


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