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sciencedaily.com — Chemists and immunologists devised a new rapid system for detecting and identifying viruses. It uses surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy to measure the frequency of near-infrared laser light as it scatters off viral DNA and RNA. After a swab of a person's nasal passage, the technique can detect individual virus particles quickly and identify many t

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 17, 2008

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  • Bauer22, on 11/17/2008, -0/+11I can tell you what you don't have in less then 5 seconds. Lupus.
  • OUTLAWXXX, on 11/17/2008, -1/+8I love the advance of technology ^^ Granted we use it wisely of course...
  • netdroid9, on 11/17/2008, -0/+6***** wisely, soon as someone opens an underwater city boasting rapturous scientific advance and little to no moral code, I'm outta this hell-hole.
  • bigbadgoat, on 11/17/2008, -0/+6That sounds like an awesome setting for a video game!


    wait a second...
  • Bauer22, on 11/17/2008, -0/+5Well wouldn't that take away all the fun and surprise?
  • Archcoder, on 11/17/2008, -1/+6Neato.
  • oRocketSurgeryo, on 11/17/2008, -0/+5Present advances in medical science are really amazing after reading so many articles which talk about what medical sciences will be like in 10+ years
  • inactive, on 11/17/2008, -0/+4These guys are making Humans life easier. Cheers for you guys.
  • NixiePixel, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3And one day this will be cheap enough for home use...instant STD screening?
  • Osirus1156, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3House FTW!
  • reeds1999, on 11/17/2008, -0/+3I am sure the ghouls of medicine will price this out of the reach of the people who need it most.
  • fiji5555, on 11/17/2008, -1/+2Yay! Now my doctor can give me a misdiagnosis is even less time !
  • SierraAlpha, on 11/17/2008, -3/+4Ramen.
  • farblong, on 11/17/2008, -2/+2Is there anything Ramen can't make better?

    Doctor: you have AIDS...but it comes with Chashu

    OK, maybe not
  • mvandam, on 11/17/2008, -2/+1(ideocracy) one in your mouth, one in your ear, and one in your a.ss, oh no this one in your mouth.
  • shig, on 11/17/2008, -2/+1For how much? "surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy" doesn't sound cheap.

    Does it come in a styrofoam cup with veggies, or is it in the bags with the flavoring sans the veggies?
  • kingfoot, on 11/17/2008, -3/+1by that time, there wont even be any STDS left to screen, there will only be chuck norris.
  • palehorse864, on 11/17/2008, -4/+1*patient comes in all the way across the room*

    Doctor: "Hmm... you have a full body rash."

    Time of diagnosis: 5 seconds.

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