– The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Liberian infectious disease scientist, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan of Shufflex Biomed, a second patent for his invention of a rapid diagnostic test that detects multiple infections in less than an hour. 11,306,367 was issued to Dr. Nyan for his scientific invention entitled, “Methods for Rapid Detection and identification of Viral Nucleic Acids” of pathogens. The cutting-edge method developed by Dr. Nyan is fast, easy to perform, portable, and can be used globally as well as affordable for resource challenged settings around the world. Dr. Nyan, earned his medical degree from the famous Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Medical Faculty of the Humboldt-University of Berlin. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Dr. Nyan his first patent (U.S. Patent No.
