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  • Bio-paper discs for rapid Ebola detection

    Bio-paper discs for rapid Ebola detection

    Paper discs that detect Ebola are being developed for use as a rapid, cheap, simple method to identify infected people. According to Harvard‘s Wyss Institute‘s Jim Collins,  the technology prints sequences of DNA on paper, and then the  paper is freeze-dried and stored at room temperature. The DNA is reactivated by adding water. Once active,…