WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

App State researchers received $2.3M to commercialize an AI-driven microscope. The microscope automates fecal egg counting to identify livestock parasites faster. Tool aims to reduce disease, cut ...

(TNS) — Artificial intelligence is being integrated into phones, search engines, and recently, microscopes. At Appalachian State University, researchers were awarded a $2.3 million NCInnovation grant ...

An international team of researchers has harnessed the potential of AI-powered technology to detect the presence of malaria parasites in returning travelers. As the World Health Organization advocates ...

If you've ever woken up in a cold sweat with the gnawing certainty that your blood is infected by rare tropical parasites -- and which of us hasn't -- then it will come as welcome news that a cure may ...

Engineer Manu Prakash helped develop a malaria-finding microscope that works in low-resource settings, improving access to sensitive infectious disease diagnostics.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. App State researchers received $2.3M to commercialize an AI-driven microscope. The microscope automates fecal egg counting to ...

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AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into phones, search engines, and recently, microscopes. At Appalachian State University, ...