Hi Folks<br><br><div>Two health related news</div><div><br></div><div>1. This is similar to <a href="http://cellscope.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">Cellscope</a>, but does not use lenses, but holograms(cell-shadowing).<br>
<br><div><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111242.htm">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110830111242.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>This could be huge for doing diagnosis in the field in villages &amp; rural areas.</div>
<div><br></div><div>More info:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="comment"><font color="#000000">a. Talk by Prof. Aydogan Ozcan
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQUHhdGUII&amp;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQUHhdGUII</a></font></span><br>b. Another related article on flow cytometry using cell phones</div>
<div><a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineers-create-cell-phone-210982.aspx">http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineers-create-cell-phone-210982.aspx</a></div></div><div>c. An older 2009 NYT article 
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/business/08novel.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/business/08novel.html?_r=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>2. Some good news on the malaria front</div>
<div><br></div><div>a. Scientists may have  found a critical weakness in <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em>, the parasite that causes  malaria which could provide a promising target for new  malaria therapies.</div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/31/140069350/a-remnant-from-algae-in-malaria-parasite-may-prove-its-weakness">http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/08/31/140069350/a-remnant-from-algae-in-malaria-parasite-may-prove-its-weakness</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>b. The US Army &amp; Walter Reed spend considerable time &amp; risk to fight malaria &amp; develop vaccines</div><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139641878/at-walter-reed-military-medicine-fights-malaria">http://www.npr.org/2011/08/15/139641878/at-walter-reed-military-medicine-fights-malaria</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>cheers</div><div>ashish</div>