Students’ rapid TB test could save lives

Three McCormick School of Engineering students have developed an automated staining system using 3D printing technology that enables high-throughput sputum smear diagnostics for TB at the patient’s point of care (POC). The design, named POCAS TB and built during the biomedical engineering capstone BME 390-1-20: Biomedical Engineering Design course, recently earned the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge’s NIH Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Prize for HIV/AIDS.