Malaria

One of the keys to quickly diagnosing anti-malarial drug resistance — potentially saving lives — lies in testing whole blood instead of extracting DNA, eliminating processing steps that can take hours or days. A team of Vanderbilt University biomedical engineers cracked the code to doing just that and are working… Read More

Austin Hardcastle's new malaria test, unveiled at the VUSE Summer Research Program poster event. (Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University) Austin Hardcastle stood pensively next to a giant poster explaining his research, the ultimate in “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” reports, holding the malaria test he designed. Soon, the… Read More

The ring that an evaporating drop of coffee leaves on the counter might be the solution to saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Ray Mernaugh, left, Rick Haselton and David Wright (Susan Urmy / Vanderbilt) Research accelerating at Vanderbilt offers new hope in diagnostics for malaria and other diseases. The… Read More