Handheld TB test delivers lab-level accuracy in under 30 minutes

MedicalXpress | 四月 29, 2026

Drugs to treat tuberculosis have been around for more than 75 years, yet it remains the world's top infectious disease killer. A big obstacle has been testing. It's either inaccurate—missing up to half of all cases—or requires expensive laboratories that are not widely available in the countries where most people with TB live.