Children's toy inspires powerless centrifuge for malaria tests

Cara Livernois | | Health Exec | Economics

In remote rural area, Manu Prakash saw a centrifuge being used as a doorstop because the village lacked electricity to use it as intended. He then noticed children playing with a paper and string toy when a lifesaving idea popped into his head.

Prakash, a professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, developed a new tool to help in the testing of malaria in rural villages without access to power. Conventional malaria testing involves examining blood samples that has been through a centrifuge. Prakash developed the Paperfuge, an hand-powered centrifuge that can be used in areas without electricity.

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Children's Whirligig Toy Inspires a Low-Cost Laboratory Test

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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