Researchers develop Mobile gadget to diagnose disease
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Researchers develop Mobile gadget to diagnose disease
Researchers have developed an add-on to a mobile phone that can take detailed images and analyze them to diagnose diseases such as tuberculosis. The CellScope works as a so-called fluorescence microscope that can identify the markers of disease. It is hoped the device will be useful in the developing world, where such medical diagnostics are rare but mobile ownership and coverage are common. The CellScope is made up of conventional microscope optics as well as some equipment to make it function as a fluorescence microscope. Fluorescence occurs when certain molecules are illuminated with a certain colour and shine for a period in a different colour. The innovation on our front is that weve integrated fluorescence tagging with a cell phone rather than just making a standalone microscope, said David Breslauer, a University of California Berkeley researcher and lead author of the study.
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