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Oct 13, 2019

Study finds method to diagnose Lyme disease within 15 minutes

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Researchers have developed a new treatment method capable of detecting Lyme disease in just 15 minutes.

Caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted by the bite of infected Ixodes ticks, Lyme disease if left untreated can cause serious neurologic, cardiac, and/or rheumatologic complications.

“Our findings are the first to demonstrate that Lyme disease diagnosis can be carried out in a microfluidic format that can provide rapid quantitative results,” said Sam Sia, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering.

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