{"id":4377,"date":"2015-10-22T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2015-10-23T15:03:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T19:03:30","slug":"mobile-testing-for-sickle-cell-anemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/mobile-testing-for-sickle-cell-anemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile testing for Sickle Cell Anemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4378\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fig1-1024x613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4378\" class=\"wp-image-4378\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fig1-1024x613.jpg\" alt=\"The specially designed and built lens uses a magnetic levitation based platform and a custom application to perform field testing for Sickle Cell Anemia using a standard smartphone. (Image credit: Knowlton et al. Scientific Reports)\" width=\"430\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fig1-1024x613.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fig1-1024x613-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The specially designed and built lens uses a magnetic levitation based platform and a custom application to perform field testing for Sickle Cell Anaemia using a standard smartphone. (Image credit: Knowlton et al. Scientific Reports)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testing for sickle cell anaemia may one-day be done in the field thanks to a new smartphone attachment and app. Sickle cell anaemia is a hereditary blood disorder commonly found in individuals of African descent, and can cause organ damage, and increase the risk of stroke and \u00a0death. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers created an attachment for their smartphones using a 3D printer. This attachment uses a specialized optical lens and the smartphone\u2019s camera to analyse a sample of red blood cells. A custom application used this data from the blood cells to identify sickle cell anaemia. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The developers tested the attachment and app of patients who had been diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia by physicians, and believe further testing is required to ensure a reliable rate of accurate diagnoses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/srep15022\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Scientific Reports\u00a0<\/em>on <strong>October 22<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savas Tasoglu, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, U.S.A.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testing for sickle cell anaemia may one-day be done in the field thanks to a new smartphone attachment and app. Sickle cell anaemia is a hereditary blood disorder commonly found in individuals of African descent, and can cause organ damage, and increase the risk of stroke and \u00a0death. 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