Ebola testing kit....

Scientists Develop Kit
That Can Test For
Ebola In 15 Minutes
Scientists at the Tulane University have
successfully created an Ebola diagnostic device
that they say can provide Ebola testing results
nearly as fast as a home pregnancy test.
The potentially game-changing device, which
takes only a drop of blood and 15 minutes to
identify the disease, is awaiting United States
federal approval before it can be used in West
Africa. Doctors there say it is sorely needed to
prevent people from spreading the deadly virus
while they wait days for lab results.
The device was developed by Robert Garry, a
professor of microbiology at Tulane, in
partnership with Corgenix, a Colorado-based
company and they are awaiting a green light
from the Food and Drug Administration to fast-
track approval for its use in West Africa.
Guinea and the other West African countries
battling the disease are aiming to get 70
percent of their Ebola sufferers isolated to
stem the rapid spread of the deadly virus.
But this process can take days right now,
because diagnosing Ebola is so cumbersome. Its
symptoms resemble those of malaria and many
other common diseases. Currently, trained
health workers must take a vial of blood from a
patient — raising their chances of infecting
themselves in the process — and then send it
to one of 12 labs in the region that can
diagnose Ebola. Those machines take just four
hours to detect the disease, but getting the
blood samples there and back can take days.