Here is an interesting story. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a "prototype camera-phone mounted with a microscope" that can "magnify and photograph blood or saliva samples" for diagnosing diseases. Wow. These dudes were able to use a camera phone to visualize the parasite that causes malaria in humans as well as the sickle-shaped red blood cells you see in certain types of anemia. I can just see the new App for the iPhone in the future which will diagnose your own yeast infection at home. Or how about a cool and hip ad for TV that asks "Got Gardnerella?" Anyone have any other predictions for this?
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