GNR-Based Diagnostics
Advantages of Lateral Flow Assays (LFA’s) as diagnostic tools
- Simple
- Fast
- Low-cost
- Rely on nanoparticles
- Can provide rapid results (eg. at-home pregnancy tests) at point-of-care.
How could Sona’s GNRs make a difference?
- Multiple test lines per unit
- Easy-to-read results from one small sample
- Potentially greater sensitivity could detect trace amounts of biomarkers
Applications:
Concussion Tests
Sona’s concussion screening test to being developed to be used at the scene of injury.
“We estimate that between 1.1 and 1.9 million sports and recreation related concussions occur annually in US children aged ≤18 years.”
American Academy of Pediatrics
Biomarkers
Assessments
Time to result
Bovine Tuberculosis Tests
Being developed to provide early detection at low cost without the need for test-and-slaughter.
“With help from the NRC IRAP program and the collaboration with our partners in the UK, we hope to offer farmers a more effective method for early detection of bovine TB than is currently used to mitigate the spread of this debilitating disease.”
David Regan, CEO
Time to Result
Cost of Intervention
Time to Result
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Publications | Concussions
- Injury in review, 2020 edition: Spotlight on traumatic brain injuries across the life course - Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths — United States, 2007 and 2013 – PMC
- Epidemiology of severe traumatic brain injury - Surveillance Report of Traumatic Brain Injury-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths
- The impact of traumatic brain injuries: a global perspective – PubMed
- Publications & Reports | Concussion | Traumatic Brain Injury | CDC Injury Center
- Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Deaths by Race/Ethnicity, Sex, Intent, and Mechanism of Injury — United States, 2000–2017 | MMWR
- Traumatic Brain Injury: An Overview of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Medical Management – ScienceDirect
- Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury – PubMed
- Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in Europe: A Living Systematic Review | Journal of Neurotrauma
- Surveillance Report of Traumatic Brain Injury-related Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Deaths