Students Devise Low-Cost TB Test

News & Observer Editorial – Sunday, April 5, 2009

Many students have idealistic notions about making the world a better place. But three N.C. State University seniors have a plan.

They have invented a small device that can diagnose tuberculosis in seconds, at a cost of less than a dollar — an invention that, if successful, could help eradicate an epidemic that infects millions of people every year in poor countries.

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