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PARC Builds iPod-Sized HIV Detector

Posted by timothy on from the use-the-y-jack dept.

MikeChino writes "Right now it's difficult, if not impossible, to quickly detect HIV in patients living in impoverished countries. That may all change soon, though — researchers at a California outfit called the Palo Alto Research Center have built an iPod-sized handheld device that can provide an immune check-up in under 10 minutes — all with a prick of the finger. With millions of people around the world without access to a full-size laboratory, PARC's device could revolutionize the detection and treatment of HIV."

6 of 93 comments (clear)

  1. Soooo... by ciaohound · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's an app for that?

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  2. Finally! by parc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, I did WHAT?

    Sorry, I've been waiting something like 10 years for this moment...

  3. WTF? by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought iPods caused HIV.

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  4. Re:This is great news by biryokumaru · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if this device was cheap and easy enough to appear in nightclubs...

    Then it'd be your mother...

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  5. form factor? by Neotrantor · · Score: 0, Funny

    can we get one in this form factor? http://rethinking-earth.org/Caduceus/images/tricorder.jpg

  6. Now if only anyone knew the size of an iPod... by Hurricane78 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...except for the fanbois and the advertisers who conveniently snuck that $brandName in there.

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