During the summer, our institute published a press note about our recent publication in ACS Sensors about a smartphone-based sensor for CRP. The press note is written by the fantastic scientist and science populariser Dr Magdalena Osiał, with photos by Grzegorz Krzyżewski. Unfortunately, Meen could not be included in the photos, since she is working in Denmark, but she was at least quoted in text.
As inflammation is the body’s natural immune response to disease or infection, it increases blood flow in the body and helps the body’s cells to defend themselves against viruses, infections or cell damage. Fast diagnostics of inflammation is crucial for effective treatments, it is extremely important to test the levels of inflammatory biomarkers in the body. Recently, researchers from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences demonstrated a novel point-of-care device to monitor levels of the C-reactive protein (CRP) that is produced in the body during inflammation. How does it work?
You can read the rest of the press note here.
