May 14th, 2024
Lyme, an infectious disease transmitted by ticks, is of clinical concern with an increase in diagnosed patients. Many cases are not diagnosed correctly due to the method inefficiency to detect it. The NanoLyme project, from the POCTEFA region, aims to diagnose Lyme disease through nanotechnology, atomic spectrometry, and artificial intelligence to detect the inoculated bacteria themselves that cause the disease.
Martín Resano, researcher at the MARTE Group of the I3A, tells us about the project and this worrying disease.