Hi Folks Two health related news 1. This is similar to Cellscope <http://cellscope.berkeley.edu/>, but does not use lenses, but holograms(cell-shadowing). http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111242.htm This could be huge for doing diagnosis in the field in villages & rural areas. More info: a. Talk by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQUHhdGUII<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQUHhdGUII&feature=player_embedded> b. Another related article on flow cytometry using cell phones http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineers-create-cell-phone-210982... c. An older 2009 NYT article http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/business/08novel.html?_r=1 2. Some good news on the malaria front a. Scientists may have found a critical weakness in *Plasmodium falciparum*, the parasite that causes malaria which could provide a promising target for new malaria therapies. http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/31/140069350/a-remnant-from-algae-in... b. The US Army & Walter Reed spend considerable time & risk to fight malaria & develop vaccines http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139641878/at-walter-reed-military-medicine-fig... cheers ashish