Canon and Md. university team for infectious disease diagnosis
Canon U.S. Life Sciences and the University of Maryland have launched a new research collaboration to develop an automated system providing rapid infectious disease diagnosis.
Utilizing Canon U.S. Life Sciences’ proprietary genetic analysis system, the project aims to expedite the delivery of infectious disease test results while also simplifying the test process to allow a variety of clinical staff to perform automated disease diagnosis.
The research team is led by Hiroshi Inoue, senior fellow, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, and William Bentley, MD, chair of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering in the university's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Together with co-researchers Keith Herold, MD, and Ian White, MD, both of Maryland's Fischell Department of Bioengineering, they will pioneer the use of microfluidic chip technology in disposable testing cartridges containing human blood samples.
Leveraging Canon U.S. Life Sciences’ genetic analysis technology, the high-throughput cartridge system will identify bacterial pathogens in human blood by using genetic matching technology, thereby cutting the length of time required to test a sample from several days to one hour, according to the Rockville, Md.-based developer of life sciences technology.
Utilizing Canon U.S. Life Sciences’ proprietary genetic analysis system, the project aims to expedite the delivery of infectious disease test results while also simplifying the test process to allow a variety of clinical staff to perform automated disease diagnosis.
The research team is led by Hiroshi Inoue, senior fellow, Canon U.S. Life Sciences, and William Bentley, MD, chair of the Fischell Department of Bioengineering in the university's A. James Clark School of Engineering. Together with co-researchers Keith Herold, MD, and Ian White, MD, both of Maryland's Fischell Department of Bioengineering, they will pioneer the use of microfluidic chip technology in disposable testing cartridges containing human blood samples.
Leveraging Canon U.S. Life Sciences’ genetic analysis technology, the high-throughput cartridge system will identify bacterial pathogens in human blood by using genetic matching technology, thereby cutting the length of time required to test a sample from several days to one hour, according to the Rockville, Md.-based developer of life sciences technology.