treatments to work and for patient health to
improve dramatically,” Leid explains.
Leid invented the device in collaboration
with Tim Vail, an associate professor of
Biochemistry at NAU; Jennifer Kofonow,
an NAU biology graduate student;
Mark Shirtliff, an assistant professor in
biomedical sciences at the University of
Maryland; and Rebecca Brady, a biomedical
sciences graduate student at the University
of Maryland.
Dr. Steve Fry at Airpark Medical Center
in Scottsdale hopes the Lateral Flow Assay
will help him diagnose his patients’ medical
problems faster.
“This new device will allow doctors to test
drugs and materials simultaneously and will
save time and money,” Fry says.
The researchers are fine-tuning the
treatment protocols for using the new
device and meeting with companies
interested in licensing the technology so
it can be developed and sold as a clinical
product, Leid says.
This new device will allow
doctors to test drugs and
materials simultaneously
and will save time
and money. - Dr. Steve Fry at Scottsdale’s Airpark Medical Center
Diane Rechel is a public affairs coordinator
for Northern Arizona University.
