By Allan Maurer
BOCA RATON, FL—On the heels of 24-hour news coverage of the young lawyer who flew to Europe despite a diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis, a Florida company says it will soon start clinical trials of a rapid TB diagnostic test kit in the same hospital where he is quarantined.
Nutra Pharma of Boca Raton says it will conduct the trials of the kit developed by its medical devices division, Designer Diagnostics, at The National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
The National Jewish Hospital is a leading research and treatment center for TB. The scare caused by the TB-infected passenger highlights the need for a rapid TB testing method. All the passengers who traveled on the same flights, for instance, will be tested if found.
“With the recent scare out there, we believe that our test kit technology will help contribute to limiting the spread of the tuberculosis around the world,” explained Rik J Deitsch, chairman of Nutra Pharma Corp.
“We are working closely with world renowned researchers, Dr. Charles Daley and Dr. Leonid Heifets, at National Jewish Hospital to complete our clinical trials and our third-party validation,” he added.
“Over 14 million people are diagnosed with Tuberculosis around the world and 2 million patients die each year from the infectious disease,” commented Neil Roth, president of Designer Diagnostics, Inc.
“Current testing can take up to 8-10 weeks for results, where as the Designer Diagnostic test kits have shown results in as little as 8-10 days. Once our test kits complete third party validation at National Jewish Hospital, we believe that our test kits will help save patient lives,” he said.
Nutra Pharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the acquisition, licensing and commercialization of pharmaceutical products and technologies for the management of neurological disorders, cancer, autoimmune and infectious diseases.
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