NIST Partners With the Gates Foundation to Develop Breathalyzers for Malaria and Tuberculosis
 The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to begin creating standards and testing protocols for a new generation of breathalyzers that can diagnose malaria and tuberculosis (TB).
Under the CRADA, NIST researchers will launch a new effort to develop tools and techniques for ensuring that the breathalyzers are accurate and reliable, which will be vital should they come to market and be deployed throughout the developing world.
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