$2.3M grant funds app creation to diagnose diseases

(Cornell University) The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded to Cornell University a four-year, $2.3 million grant to develop FeverPhone, which will diagnose six febrile diseases in the field: dengue, malaria, chikungunya, typhoid fever, leptospirosis and Chagas' disease. Faculty members David Erickson and Saurabh Mehta will lead the team.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news