Quick diagnosis of an infection is critical to providing early treatment; but, currently, multiple tests can be required to identify the pathogen responsible. Now, Christopher Wong at the A*STAR Genome Institute Singapore and an international research team have demonstrated that a recently developed alternative called PathChip can improve diagnoses.
Owing to the lack of a single standard test for detecting all illness-causing pathogens, accurate diagnosis of an infection can be a trial-and-error process.
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Microchip can simply and quickly analyze "all illness-causing pathogens"
