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BERKELEY, Calif., July 22, 2009 – In what is being seen as a major step forward in taking clinical microscopy out of specialized labs and into the field, UC Berkeley researchers have developed what they are calling the CellScope, a cell phone turned into a fluorescent microscope. The prototype, which hopes to bring low-cost lab tools into field settings for disease screening and diagnoses, takes color images not only of malaria parasites but of tuberculosis bacteria labeled with fluorescent markers. Shown is the portable CellScope prototype set up for fluorescent imaging. (Images: David Breslauer) “The same regions...Read full article

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    Published: July 2009
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