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‘Extractionator’ could bring cheap and effective malaria diagnostics to millions

Last December a trio of 91Թ researchers — , professor of biomedical engineering, , associate professor of chemistry, and , associate professor of biochemistry — snagged a $1 million grant from the to develop a “low tech, high science” method for collecting and preparing the patient samples in under-developed areas. Haselton’s students dubbed the device the “Extractionator.”

We announced the grant in the story

Five months ago, it consisted of little more than a length of plastic tubing, a large magnet and a handful of small magnetized beads. The project is described, more or less, in the June issue of magazine.