Biloccult is an innovative point of care test for frontline health care providers to reliably screen for neonates with bilious vomiting to identify and prevent intestinal damage by detecting the presence of bile in infant vomit. Within 30 minutes of contact with the sample, the results window will show a clear and binary response to the presence of bile with minimal contact to the vomit. In contrast to the current method of visual inspection, our solution uses antibodies specific to bile indicators, and a novel filtration system to enable rapid and specific detection of bile in newborn vomit.
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Student team
Rahaf Bashmail
Qatada Safi
Erik Castillo
Jessi Lelas
Mentoring team
Kenneth Gow, MD (Seattle Children's)
Soyoung Kang, PhD (Mechanical Engineering)
Jonathan Posner, PhD (Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Family Medicine)
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