Success story of our SYMBIOTIC project: Self-powered platform holds promise as point-of-care biosensor

A single test strip – the first platform to couple a methanol fuel cell with a biosensor – could act as a self-powered, easy-to-use, disposable, and low-cost test for diseases such as cancer, say EU-funded researchers.

The EU-funded SYMBIOTIC project, which is supported through the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder research programme, previously FET Open, exploited previous research – which proved that methanol fuel cells can be fused with electrochemical biosensors – to create a simple, lightweight, low-cost, and completely self-powered prototype.

The novel self-powered platform – which combines a fuel cell with a biosensor in a single test-strip – could prove important in the detection and control of diseases, particularly in times of global crisis.

More on: https://ec.europa.eu/research/infocentre/article_en.cfm?artid=52445