Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute

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Impactful malaria science, and the trailblazers leading the fight. A podcast from the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.

EXTENDED: Listening to Malaria – How Lasers and Ultrasound Could Revolutionize Diagnosis (with Sunil Parikh, Vladimir Zharov and Yap Boum)

Nov 26, 2024

An innovative, non-invasive diagnostic tool that could revolutionize malaria testing, with the potential to be built into wearable devices.

In this extended episode of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute, we ask:

What are the limitations of current malaria diagnostic methods?
How is a 'cytophone' - and what makes it...

The Skin-Contact Malaria Test That Could Revolutionize Diagnostics

Nov 12, 2024

Using lasers and ultrasound, the ‘cytophone’ detects a key byproduct of all malaria parasites.

Transcript

Among the most commonly used malaria diagnostic tests is the rapid diagnostic test (RDT), which detects malaria antigens from a drop of blood. Whilst RDTs are small and cheap, they're invasive and new strains of...