Researchers have developed devices to automate blood smears. Their devices, called autohaem smear and smear+, can consistently create high-quality smears equivalent to those created by human experts, ...

Engineers have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task. In the initial ...

The very common Peripheral Blood Smear review, used time and again for diagnostics, is typically conducted by a human analyzing the sample on a glass slide under a microscope and checking cell types, ...

Engineers at Duke University have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task. In ...

In resource-poor developing nations, tuberculosis is typically diagnosed by analyzing a smear of a patient's sputum with a standard microscope – a method that's somewhat problematic. Now, scientists ...

Women over 21 years old should be getting a Pap smear every three years. It's a crucial test that looks for cervical cancer. It can be a little uncomfortable — but it's over in a few seconds. Cervical ...

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2022 – One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for ...