The molecule flagged TB microbes in the samples after a couple of hours, and it revealed similar amounts of bacteria as
the standard staining technique — without the hassle of post-dye chemical washing.
«Currently, the gold
standard technique to diagnose malaria is manual microscopic evaluation of
stained blood smears by expert microscopists who are in short supply in low - resources settings,» Duke University Professor of Biomedical Engineering Adam Wax told Digital Trends.