Our re-design is based upon the Open PCR system originally designed by Josh Perfetto and Tito Jankowski.
System Design
Correctly positioning the heating plate on the plastic sample containers proved to be difficult. To make this product more user friendly a button would be added to the heating plate. When in contact with the samples the button would signal the user via the LED display that the heating lid was correctly positioned.
This picture of the roof assembly shows where the button will be added. The blue circle would contain the button that would, when in contact with the plastic containers below, signal to the user that the heating plate was correctly positioned.
This is another image of where the button would be positioned. The relative size is also accurate as it would need to be able to detect a sample anywhere in the heating block.
Background on Disease Markers
Alzheimer's disease, a form of dimentia in which brain function is lost gradually over time, is associated with the SNP rs121918396. The sequence associated with Alzheimer's is TAG, while a normal sequence is TGG.