Drug-resistant strains of golden staph can be rapidly identified in less than 40 minutes using this new combination of technology. This allows providers to rapidly address infections with appropriate treatments to reduce the 700,000 deaths that occur annually related to drug-resistant infections.
Using a smartphone and quantum dot nanotechnology help doctors identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria in less than an hour.
"Our team is using Synthetic Biology and NanoBiotechnology to address biomedical challenges. Rapid and simple ways of identifying the cause of infections and starting appropriate treatments are critical for treating patients effectively," says Associate Professor Anwar Sunna, head of the Sunna Lab at Macquarie University.