GUWAHATI, Aug. 1 -- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) Research team led by Dr. Partho Sarathi Gooh Pattader have developed a fast, accurate, and reliable device to detect specific bacteria that cause Urinary Tract infection (UTI).

The estimated cost of manufacturing the device is Rs 608 while testing a single sample will cost Rs. 8 only.

The details of the Point-Of-Care testing (POCT) prototype have been published in reputed peer-reviewed journal ACS Applied Bio Materials. The paper may be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.3c00369. The paper was co-authored by Mr. Aniruddha Deb, Dr. Partho Sarathi Gooh Pattader, Prof. Tapas K Mandal from IIT Guwahati and Dr. Swapnil Sinha and Ms. Mousumi Gogoi from Altanost...