Checktor Biosciences: a rapid point-of-care test to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 114.819 IP-LS
• Titre du projet anglais: Checktor Biosciences: a rapid point-of-care test to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Life sciences, Medical diagnostics

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

We are developing a rapid test to detect infections and their susceptibility to antibiotics. In particular, we aim at reducing antibiotic misuse in the field of sexually transmitted infections and control the spread of gonorrhea, an extremely common infection that is becoming untreatable.