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    Image of icelight icelight
    07/22/09

    In reply to Use Your Cell Phone To Diagnose Blood Diseases
    By the time there are bacteria or parasites in your blood, you're going to be sick enough to need to be in a hospital already. Septicemia is not a fun thing at all. And if a hospital can afford a new-fangled cellphone attachment and the fluorescent tags, I think they could already afford a basic microscope.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    07/22/09

    @icelight: That's not necessarily true. First of all, you may be sick but without access to any diagnostic equipment. That's where this CellScope comes in. Second, as these researchers explained, this device is a lot cheaper than comparable microscopes, and it is portable. So researchers in the field could diagnose people and administer medicine without having to bring people possibly hundreds of miles to a hospital.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    07/22/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Not to mention some of the places this is intended for doesn't even have hospitals to begin with.
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    Image of North Star North Star
    07/22/09

    In reply to Use Your Cell Phone To Diagnose Blood Diseases
    A portable microscope.

    This is a brilliant idea.
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    Image of braak braak
    07/22/09

    In reply to Use Your Cell Phone To Diagnose Blood Diseases
    Finally.

    I keep having these light-headed spells, and I really need a way to check for blood parasites.
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    07/22/09

    @braak: Just think - you could be checking for them ALL THE TIME. On the bus, in the movie theater, at restaurants - all the places where you like to use your cell phone!
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/22/09

    @braak: in additional to blood parasites, frequent light-headed spells are indicative of being a pansy.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    07/22/09

    @Annalee Newitz: I think my problem would be resisting the urge to check the blood of people I interact with.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    07/23/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: it's less akward then telling them you belive them but you still need to see a clean STD exam before you go bareback. trust me.
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