November 15, 2011

Indian scientists have developed a new device, which is a few minutes be able to detect the presence of TB   in the lung. One more advantage - relatively low price and diminutive size: a new device no bigger than a modern smartphone. The high mortality from this disease, there has been long in India has forced doctors and scientists have developed a device called the "electronic nose".

Today, the population of India is more than a billion people, while the State remains one of the poorest in the world. This implies dire consequences associated with infectious   situation: the incidence of certain diseases is still breaking all records.

It is for diagnostician tuberculosis experts have undertaken not just daily in India, it kills more than 1000 people from the disease, but many of them did not even know what disease led them to death. Therefore, the qualitative diagnosis of tuberculosis, according to doctors, is on the first place in the program to reduce morbidity in the country.

Using the new device is aimed mainly at densely populated areas of India, where the problem of shortage of doctors is particularly acute. Now just dyhnuv in the machine "E-Nose", can detect the presence of this terrible disease.

The essence of the new method lies in the fact that the device is able to capture specific biomerkery Which are peculiar to people infected with tuberculosis. When present, we can confidently say that the person is sick.

Due to the fact that the price of the "Electronic nose" is not more than 30 US dollars to implement it in all health care facilities is quite real. And the opportunity to work on batteries gives hope even to those people who live in areas without electricity.

The inventors of innovative devices have received a grant of almost a million dollars from the Gates Foundation, which fights AIDS in India.