This mother of four’s dream of lowering family medical costs led her to develop an at-home strep test she says will offer a faster, cheaper alternative to going to the doctor.
the test would deliver accurate results in minutes.
Currently, children at the doctor’s office can get a rapid test result in minutes, but if it’s negative they need to confirm the results through a throat culture, which typically takes 48 hours or more to get results.The U.S. records 14,000 to 25,000 cases of invasive strep a year, with 1,500 to 2,300 cases resulting in death.
Massachusetts has had about 200 to 400 invasive strep cases a year in the past decade, per the state's Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences.“I thought about what was my biggest pain point as a mom, and it's always been going to the doctor," Mamane tells Axios.Her daughter, Olivia, who was a senior studying bioengineering at McGill University in Montreal, created the initial design for the strep test.
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