Astrego Sysmex wins the £8m Longitude Prize won for tackling superbug rise
The £8m Longitude Prize has been won after a decade-long competition to find new tools to tackle the scourge of superbugs. It has been awarded for a test that rapidly detects whether an infection is caused by bacteria and identifies the right antibiotics to treat it. The test takes 45 minutes, compared with three days using traditional methods.The original work was done by Swedish researchers and the test is now being sold by the company Sysmex Astrego.
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