Blog - While likely years away from widespread use, a test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having to cough up sputum is showing promise. Spotlight takes stock of how the ...

While probably years away from widespread use, a test for TB that relies on a simple tongue swab instead of a person having ...

or a swab of fluids from the genitals. If your healthcare provider suspects a yeast infection, they will also do a KOH prep test (collecting a tissue sample and looking at it under the microscope).

Your doctor or nurse will take a swab of your urethra to get a sample of cells. Then they’ll examine the cells using a microscope to make a diagnosis. If it turns out you have it, trichomoniasis ...

An international team of microbiologists from the Medical University of Graz, the DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms ...

IN order that the microscope objectives of different makers might be interchangeable for use with the microscope stands of other makers, the Royal Microscopical Society of London drew up in 1858 a ...

Optical imaging includes a variety of imaging techniques that rely on illumination light in the ultraviolet, visible and infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The term typically ...

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Abstract: Both living and fixed specimens of the medically-important parasitic protozoa, Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, and Acanthamoeba spp. were ...

But this is more than a cosmetic choice. For many, it is the culmination of years under the microscope of societal scrutiny—years of body shaming, unsolicited comments, failed diets, and the ...