A miniature plastic digital fluorescence microscope that can quantify white blood cell levels in patients aims to improve disease detection in rural parts of the world.
The inexpensive point-of-care device examines blood smears, allowing health care workers to identify and quantify lymphocytes, monocytes and granulocytes — three types of white blood cells — in a drop of blood mixed with the staining compound acridine orange.
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