DVD discs double as cheap diagnostic kit for HIV
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DVD players and discs could soon be used as affordable diagnostics for diseases such as HIV, say researchers.
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By SciDev.net
DVD players and discs could soon be used as affordable diagnostics for diseases such as HIV, say researchers.
By SciDev.net
The quality of healthcare available in Latin America varies dramatically from leading-nation Cuba down to struggling Haiti, an index reveals.
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Genome sequencing has revealed surprising new malaria parasites in Cambodia that are resistant to artemisinin, the frontline drug treatment.
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A diagnostic device no bigger than a smartphone harnesses nanotechnology to detect the specific type of malaria a patient is infected with.
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A diagnostic test targeting syphilis and an oral antibiotic could be used together to help eradicate yaws disease, a WHO meeting was told.
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Reducing schistosomiasis infections is a cost-effective way of also cutting HIV transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa, say researchers.
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A global plan to help reach the world’s 22 million unvaccinated children may not be doing enough for developing nations, MSF says.
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A how-to video published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments explains how to turn a mobile phone into a diagnostic device.
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WHO researchers have pinned chronic kidney disease in Sri Lanka on heavy metals in agrochemicals.
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A new plan to eliminate polioviruses could eradicate the disease within five years, say 400 experts in a declaration today.
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Research into the extent of scientific misconduct in developing countries highlights the need to combat it, say researchers.
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The global number of dengue cases is more than three times higher than estimates by the World Health Organization, a study warns.
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A method developed in Guatemala to pinpoint the origin of Chagas vector blood meal sources has been effective in assessing control efforts.
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An artificial vaccine could be modified to use against problematic forms of foot-and-mouth disease that hit subsistence farmers.
