YC Bioelectric, a start-up biomedical research company started through Indiana University Research & Technology Corporationâs Spin Up Program. Work in the firm is focusd to improving the speed and accuracy of Western blot, a technique widely used in molecular biology labs. Western blot can help diagnose chronic infection with HIV and is often paired with the HIV ELISA test commonly used to detect antibodies in the blood: the second detector of HIV IURTCâs Spin Up Program originally funded work by the firm's principals to develop and build a prototype device. The STTR received fudning is to be used to build on that ba
