Novel face mask can help diagnose COVID-19 within 90 minutes
Face mask can help diagnose COVID-19 within 90 minutes. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
A team of engineers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed a novel face mask that can diagnose the wearer with COVID-19 within about 90 minutes.
The button-activated masks are embedded with tiny, disposable biosensors that can be customized to detect pathogens and toxins and alert the wearer. The sensor is small enough to be integrated into clothing fabrics.
The wearable biosensor is based on a new technology dubbed wearable freeze-dried cell-free (wFDCF), which involves extracting and freeze-drying the molecular machinery needed to detect organic molecules. The technology has previously been used to create experimental diagnostic tools for the Ebola and Zika viruses.
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Button-Activated Face Masks Can Diagnose COVID-19
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