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New portable flu detection test

A new flu detection test promises the ability to be carried in a first-aid kit and to be used with the ease of an iPhone.

The biochip can reliably detect the presence of influenza by zeroing in on the specific RNA sequence and then uses tiny magnets in a tube to separate the flu-ridden sequence from the rest of the RNA strand.

Read more at Brown University

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