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We've created a device that could allow instant disease diagnosis – while fitting inside your phone lens

  • Written by: Lukas Wesemann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Infectious diseases such as malaria remain a leading cause of death in many regions. This is partly because people there don’t have access to medical diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases (along with a range of non-infectious diseases) at an early stage, when there is more scope for treatment.

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