| Perspectives on Texas

Millions of people throughout the world die each year from tuberculosis (TB). Researchers at the Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC) are working on a new diagnostic tool that will significantly shorten the time for diagnosis and potentially eradicate the disease.

Jeffrey Cirillo, a professor at the TAMHSC College of Medicine, presents this durable, battery-operated reader which can go anywhere in the world, right to where it is needed most.