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Submission + - cheap blood clot detection device

Submitted by Gearoid_Murphy on Sunday April 15, 2007 @01:15PM

Gearoid_Murphy writes: bbc details the news of a cheap handheld device which uses infrared light to penetrate 3cm into the body. Light which has passed through clotted blood changes detectably. La link : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6541279.stm Hey, its not star trek but its definately progress.

Submission + - computational simulations of e-coli

Submitted by Gearoid_Murphy on Monday November 06, 2006 @10:20AM

Gearoid_Murphy writes: BBC news details the story of a scientist who has been using computational models of bacteria to advance our understanding of actual bacteria.

A step towards simulating fully fledged organisms in virtual environments and potentially an extraordinarily powerful tool for medical science.

viola:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6113522. stm

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