Hey, TB, We're Onto You

The latest edition of Wired magazine has a feature article on tuberculosis, with a focus on the rise of portable diagnostic tools for TB and other infectious diseases. Thomas Goetz, the author, writes:

The new approach blends the values of the technology sector, in which products live or die based on how well they scale toward cheaper, simpler versions, with the priorities of global public health, which holds that if a solution isn't cheap and simple to use, it may as well not exist. The result is an emphasis on cost, speed, size, and simplicity.

The article profiles some of the diagnostics and the companies and scientists working on them. You can check it out here.