Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100817:17:54:00
Malaria. >> you said something aebout fluorescent light. why is that an improvement? >> sure. fluorescence microscopy has been shown to be faster to use, better has finding t.b. and easier to use. you get an image that's multicolored and you have to really go through an image to find a disease or pathogen with the current process. but with this, it's a black image. when you have a positive result, you get bright glowing dots therefrom the tuberculosis or the disease in question, you know right away that's what you're looking at. it's faster and easier. and it's a very sophisticated technology ...