Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a dipstick test suggests there's blood in the urine, the next step should be to examine a sample of the urine under a microscope to make sure the dipstick result is ...

Researchers have developed a new microscopy method that uses a magnetic field and polarized light to provide quantitative ...

Look at blood smeared across a slide under a microscope, and you see a mystery revealed. The ruby-colored, vital, fluid of life we call blood is made of lots of stuff. There is the liquid plasma that ...

The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue like electrical wires. While modern imaging technologies allow ...

If you've ever woken up in a cold sweat with the gnawing certainty that your blood is infected by rare tropical parasites -- and which of us hasn't -- then it will come as welcome news that a cure may ...

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