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SERS technique diagnoses meningitis

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A new laser-based test uses nanoparticles to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis, a disease that can lead to blood poisoning and brain damage if not discovered quickly. Scientists at Strathclyde University have used the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique to scatter laser light from a sample that has been combined with silver nanoparticles. A newly developed laser can fingerprint bacterial menigitis for faster and more effective treatment. Courtesy Strathclyde University. The method can simultaneously fingerprint three pathogens associated...Read full article

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    Published: February 2014
    BiophotonicsBioScanDNAEuropefungiResearch & TechnologyScotlandsilver nanoparticlesStrathclyde UniversityTest & Measurementvirusessurface enhanced Raman scatteringbacterial meningitisKaren FauldsLasers

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