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Finding answers in the blood

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DOUGLAS FARMER, SENIOR EDITOR [email protected]

Blood tests are vital in the diagnosis of many conditions, especially where anemia and other blood disorders are common — for example, in developing countries and areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, where a team of researchers recently tried an optical approach to blood hemoglobin assessment. After blood is drawn from a patient in a hospital setting, it is usually examined using expensive, bulky equipment. And in some cases, blood draws are performed on patients who are in a weakened state, or who already have a reduced hemoglobin level in the blood. Researchers at Purdue University...Read full article

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