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标 题: Singapore Develops Flu Detection Chip
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2003年10月16日11:16:44 星期四), 站内信件
Singapore Develops Flu Detection Chip
新加坡开发研制流感检测芯片
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore is developing an electronic chip that can
pinpoint almost instantly whether a patient has flu, dengue fever, SARS or
other respiratory illnesses, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
新加坡(路透社)--据当地报纸星期日报道,新加坡正在开发研制一种电子芯片,这种芯
片可以即刻检测出病人是否患有流感、登革热、SARS以及其它呼吸性疾病。
The government-run Genome Institute of Singapore said it hoped to launch the
respiratory pathogens detection chip, about the size of a 50-cent coin, as
early as January, the Sunday Times reported.
星期日太阳时报报道,新加坡政府所属的基因研究院说他们有信心在明年一月份尽早推出
大小与5角钱硬币近似的呼吸系统病原体检测芯片。
Sputum or nasal fluid from an infected person is dropped on to the chip and
its detection probes then diagnose the pathogen. The institute said it was
working with a major U.S. medical devices company to test the chip soon, but
declined to name the party.
如果染病患者的痰或鼻涕落到芯片上,本检测装置就会诊断出病原体。该研究院说,他们
正在与美国一流医疗设备公司合作以尽早完成该芯片的测试。但没有透露该公司的的名字
。
"Patients who have flu, dengue fever or SARS all exhibit similar symptoms in
the early stages of infection. The chip will be able to test for all this at
once, identify if it's one or the other.
患有流感、登革热或SARS的病人在染病初期所表现的病状相似。本芯片可立即检测出所有
这些病症,并区分出具体是哪一个。
The deadly flu-like SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) virus, which
surfaced in southern China earlier this year, has killed more than 800 people
worldwide, including 33 in Singapore.
致命的具有流感特征的SARS(严重的急性的呼吸系统综合病症)病毒,今年早些时候在中
国南部出现,导致世界范围内800人死亡,其中包括33个新加坡人。
Medical experts have repeatedly warned that the virus could re-emerge in the
northern hemisphere winter months and that existing tests were not entirely
reliable.
医学专家们再三警告病毒可能会在冬天的月份里在北半球重新露面,而已有的测试手段并
非完全值得信赖。
【词汇小注】:
pinpoint n.精确 adj.极微小的,v.查明
genome n 〈生〉基因组,染色体组
dengue fever n.[医]登革热
pathogens n. 病原体(物)
sputum n.唾液, 痰,本文指痰,因病人痰中含有病原体,而唾液中没有。
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