I feel uncomfortable but hospitals are far away and costs are high.
Team:Fudan
It's itching again, but I'm crazy busy for checkups.
Candida albicans affects up to 75% of the women at least once in their lifetime.
40～50% of women have experienced recurrence of VVC.
Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), also known as mycotic vaginitis, candidal vaginitis, vaginal yeast infection, etc., is caused by Candida infection, of which Candida albicans is the most common pathogen. The development of VVC is usually attributed to
the disturbance of the balance between Candida vaginal colonization and host environment by physiological or nonphysiological changes.
For pregnant women, it can cause premature delivery, fetal infections, and malformations. Therefore, timely and accurate diagnosis and identification of VVC and effective treatment measures are of great practical and far-reaching significance for improving
people's health, especially women's reproductive health.
However, current detection methods are slow and inaccurate...
We apply isothermal amplification which allows detection of Candida albicans within 30 mins
... or expensive.
By combining synthetic biology, we would like to lower the production cost of the enzymes entailed in the detection process.
Other existing methods are specialized and complicated.
LFA (lateral flow assay) garantees simple operations and visible results.
We wish to offer quick, easy, cheap and highly-accurate diagnostic product for Candida albicans infection which can be used by anyone, anytime and everywhere!
Our products help to fight against Candida albicans!
