'Lollipop' invention to identify disease in children and adults

‘Lollipop’ invention to identify disease in children and adults

American experts have created a real lollipop called CandyCollect that can identify diseases in saliva. Photo: Courtesy of the University of Washington Washington: Scientists have made a small modification to the lollipop to turn it into a reliable device for identifying oral and respiratory diseases. Many diseases require saliva samples from deep in the throat….

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Early warning system to identify new forms of pandemic in UK

Early warning system to identify new forms of pandemic in UK

File photo The UK has developed a genetic early warning system to identify new forms of future pandemics. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridgeshire, UK, are developing an important technology to monitor genetic changes in respiratory viruses to identify dangerous new strains and identify new diseases…

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