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A 3D-printed, solar-powered lab-in-a-box could change how we combat disease outbreaks

A 3D-printed, solar-powered lab-in-a-box could change how we combat disease outbreaks

The desperate need for mobile labs in Africa was made clear during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Testing for Ebola could take up to five days, as symptoms that initially presented as flu or malaria quickly turned deadly. Mobile labs sped the diagnostics process up to mere hours, but were only in place…