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Mobile Diagnostic Platform for Influenza and SARS-CoV-2

Award type :
Product Development Award
Product type :
Diagnostics
Award year :
2020
Project start date :
07 / 16 / 2020
Project end date :
07 / 31 / 2021
Project duration (months) :
12
Development stage :
Early Validation, Late Validation
Target disease :
COVID-19, Influenza
Region served :
World
Recipient organization / Country of funding recipient organization :
Precision / Republic of Korea
Collaborator(s) / Country :
Korea basic science institute (KBSI) / Republic of Korea
Funding amount(KRW) :
435,000,000

This project will test for flu and COVID-19 using lateral flow assay on a mobile phone platform developed by Precision Biosensor and Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI). This technology achieves high-sensitive detection of multiple diseases through combined fluorescence and image analysis and has potential of application in other infectious diseases.