But at the back end, testing blood often requires transporting the vial to a clinic, a range of laboratory equipment and trained clinicians and doctors to get an accurate result.
The whole process can take days, and in some cases even weeks.
But imagine if you could put the whole laboratory into a portable unit that delivered a reading immediately?
One Irish company says it has developed the solution — a “clinic-in-a-box” that can test for a range of diseases or medical conditions in minutes, from just a single drop of blood.
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