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The thread centers on news about a new, portable Ebola test trial in Guinea: a 15-minute blood and saliva assay using a solar-powered lab, intended to deliver results much faster than current methods and help improve survival rates while reducing transmission. The key point raised is that patients will continue to receive the established genetic-material test, with the new faster method run in parallel so outcomes can be compared. Overall sentiment is positive, with users reacting approvingly to the development and its potential impact.
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A 15-minute blood and saliva test for Ebola is to be trialled in Guinea, it has been announced.
The solar-powered, portable laboratory should deliver results six times faster than tests currently used in West Africa.
The researchers involved say faster diagnosis would increase the chances of survival and reduce transmission of the virus.
The trial will take place at an Ebola treatment centre in Conakry, Guinea.
Ebola is currently diagnosed by hunting for the virus's genetic material in the blood of a patient.
But it requires dedicated laboratories that can keep the components of the test at very low temperatures.
Patients in Conakry will still have the proven test, but the new faster method will be trialled at the same time so the results can be compared.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30243636 :up: :applaud:
 

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