Project 2. Entitled: Gold Bionanoconjugates for the rapid detection of bacteria causing sepsis, meningitis and other related diseases.
This ground breaking project aims to provide evidence to develop a rapid diagnostic test to detect a range of bacterial disease including meningitis and sepsis in five minutes.
Early onset of meningitis and sepsis is very difficult to detect and delay in medical treatment can often be catastrophic. In order to inform the most important type of treatment, it is essential to identify if the infection is caused by bacteria or virus and specifically which bacteria. At present, Identification can be slow, inaccurate and often leading to death and disability.
The introduction of a rapid diagnostic kit has the potential to be rolled out not only in hospital environments but also health centres and GP surgeries.
Total cost £71,000.
