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

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 innovative?
Why is the detection of hemozoin significant in malaria diagnostics?
How does interdisciplinary collaboration contribute to technological innovation?

With Sunil Parikh, Vladimir Zharov and Yap Boum

About The Podcast

The Johns Hopkins Malaria Minute is produced by the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute to highlight impactful malaria research and to share it with the global community.