摘要 |
A method of analyzing the nucleic acid content of a blood sample, the method comprising the steps of: providing a test module with an outer casing configured for handheld portability, the outer casing having a receptacle for receiving blood, the test module having a lysis section mounted in the outer casing for lysing cells and organisms in the blood to release the genetic material therein, a hybridization section with an array of probes for hybridization with target nucleic acid sequences in the genetic material, and circuitry for sensing which of the probes have hybridized and generating hybridization data, providing a test module reader for reading the hybridization data from the test module, inserting a blood sample in the receptacle, interfacing the test module with the test module reader, wherein, the test module reader analyses the nucleic acid content from the hybridization data.
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