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Making diagnostics simpler, cheaper and open-source
Access to reliable molecular diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries is often limited by high costs and complicated logistics. In the current issue of the journal Life Science Alliance, scientists from IMP and IMBA with collaborators present a powerful alternative: a fully open-source, freeze-dried diagnostic assay based on RT-LAMP technology.