Working from their base at the Temple Business Incubator, Chris Thornton and Michael Norman started Global BioDiagnostics Corp., and are working to raise capital that would take recent TB research by world-renowned experts and turn it into a product.
If development goes according to their plan, the test could be administered in undeveloped countries by doctors with an electronic, hand-held device working from the back of a van. Results would take about 30 minutes. Some TB test results today can take several weeks, and are typically administered from doctors' offices.
"It has to be low cost. It has to be simple to use. It has to use very little equipment, be useful in high heat, high humidity," Norman said. "Our goal is to have it as widely used as possible. We want to have the most impact globally as we can."
