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Rapid, portable malaria diagnostic tool developed.

Researchers have developed a new portable diagnostic instrument that can screen for all malaria strains within minutes.
The portable optical diagnostic system (PODS) prototype detects a byproduct generated by all species of the malaria parasite.
With PODS we can do rapid, broad population screening for malaria in low resource environments. When combined with currently available therapeutics this could represent a tipping point in the global fight against malaria.
_Deccan Herald_

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