June 13, 2018 | Paul Yager of University of Washington is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Health Tech Institute for the Next Generation Diagnostic Summit. Yager speaks about his lab’s success in developing NAAT testing, obstacles to developing low cost diagnostics, and advice for those looking to get into the field. Here is a sample of the discussion that takes place. Podcast
CHI: What are some of the most exciting new developments emerging for rapid diagnostics and how has your work changed as a result?
Paul Yager: Well, I've actually said for a long time that the advances of cellular phone technology, and what we will now all call Smartphones, are probably the single most important thing that's been available to diagnostics. Because one, it allows one to think about bringing a sophisticated diagnostics test out of a central life laboratory. So for me the single biggest issue is this enabling technology that lets us get there.