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Prof Rahmah's Brugia Rapid Wins Special Award at Pecipta'17

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A heartiest congratulations to our Director Professor Rahmah Noordin for receiving the Special Award and a Gold Medal at this year’s International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions Of Higher Learning (Pecipta 2017) on 9th October 2017. Prof. Rahmah was awarded for her innovation – Brugia Rapid Test for Lymphatic Filariasis. The Brugia Rapid is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis. The Brugia Rapid point-of-care cassette test (BRT) manufactured by Reszon Diagnostics is recommended for use during TAS to detect IgG4 antibody against Brugia spp. in human blood samples.

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Prof. Rahmah Noordin and the Special Award.

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Congratulations to all USM winners at Pecipta'17.

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