Malaria Diagnosis in Minutes

Bioengineers at Texas A&M University have combined a smartphone’s camera with optics to create a polarized light microscope that could be used to detect malaria.

The mobile-optical-polarization imaging device (MOPID) has the potential to rapidly diagnose malaria by providing microscopic resolution on a cellphone, with the same level of accuracy as benchtop spectroscopy.

Read more at: https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/bioengineering/malaria-diagnosis-in-minutes