VereFlu Speedy chip to detect bird flu from STMicro

STMicroelectronics has developed a portable chip developed to detect influenza viruses including bird flu in humans. The chip can differentiate human strains of the Influenza A and B viruses, drug-resistant strains and mutated variants, including the Avian Flu or H5N1 strain.


The VereFlu Chip was developed by the Franco-Italian chipmaker together with Singapore's privately held Veredus Laboratories after more than a year of research. The device can identify multiple classes of pathogens and genes in a single diagnostic test within two hours.