Dr. Qazi Rushdy Ahmad, son of Dr. Q. K. Ahmad discovers a new test for TB diagnosis

Dr. Qazi Rushdy Ahmad, son of Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad discovers a new test for TB diagnosis.

Tuberculosis (TB) can now be diagnosed easily through an inexpensive blood test. American scientist of Bangladesh origin, Dr. Qazi Rushdy Ahmad led the team of scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that discovered this method.

This information was published on October 23 in the US journal ‘Science Translational Medicine’.

The World Health Organisation says that more than 10 million people around the world have active tuberculosis, and every year more than a million die from it. The majority of patients live in low-resource countries where diagnosing TB is expensive and time-consuming.

Using the newly discovered method, TB can be diagnosed within only an hour.

Other renowned sciences and health-related organizations have already published reports on the success of Dr. Qazi Rushdy Ahmad and his team.

Dr. Qazi Rushdy Ahmad is the founder of a Bangladeshi social welfare organization called QK Ahmad Foundation. He is also the president of True North Bio, a US-based healthcare company.

Dr. Rushdy’s father, Dr. Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad, is an economist and the chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). His mother, Dr. Zaheda Ahmad, is a retired professor at Dhaka University.

Co-author Rushdy Ahmad, Ph.D., provides training in processing blood samples to staff in the department of parasitology and entomology at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Image courtesy of Ahmad.

References:

  • https://tbsnews.net/bangladesh/bangladeshi-scientist-discovers-successful-method-diagnosing-tuberculosis
  • https://tbsnews.net/bangladesh/youths-are-vehicles-economic-development-143500
  • https://www.labpulse.com/index.aspx?sec=sup&sub=poc&pag=dis&ItemID=800464
  • https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/new-blood-test-may-improve-tb-diagnosis/
  • https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/faster-accurate-blood-test-to-diagnose-active-tb-developed/1647884

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