By: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Colorado at Boulder have developed a microchip-based test that distinguishes between flu strains and can even help trace the strains back to their origins.
The FluChip can be used to identify 72 influenza strains - including the H5N1 avian influenza strain that is currently of such concern - in fewer than 12 hours.
This technology can be used to make sophisticated influenza diagnostic capabilities more widely available to labs around the globe, not just concentrated with the CDC and a few major international laboratories.
Read the full story on eWEEK.com: CDC Unveils the FluChip
