Inspiration
The number of cases infected by corona virus has been increasing rapidly. While cheap testing can make it more affordable for poor countries, fast testing can help reduce the weight from hospitals and the number of infections and individuals and affecting maybe millions; therefore we plan to build our project within these two aims. Current Covid19 techniques includes PCR and other techniques, which are expensive and not affordable worldwide and this would create a burden on economy and maybe cost peoples life in poor countries. Another problem with current testing is that they do not provide fast results. One of the key steps for fighting this virus is the early diagnosis; as earlier and self-isolation can be advised and thus have a positive impact in slowing down the spread of the virus.
What it does
Our team suggest the creation of an electrochemical immunosensor for covid19 detection. It is well studied that electrochemical immunosensors using small and portable platforms such as screen-printed electrodes can provide cheaper and faster diagnosis test, lowering the price to around 5€ per test and taking no longer than 10 minutes.
How I built it
By developing an optimized procedure of an electrochemical biosensors capable to detect enough viral particles for testing purposes.
Challenges I ran into
Obtaining antibodies against Covid19. Unspecific binding from real samples
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
What I learned
What's next for Electrochemical immunosensor for Covid-19 detection
Have the approval of the experts to be a promising project, and therefore, trying into the real world
Built With
- antobodies
- potentiostat
- screen-printed-electrodes
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