New smartphone app to diagnose diseases

25 March,2014 10:59 AM IST |   |  Agencies

A new app which turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device could help in the fight against diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world, University of Cambridge scientists claim


London: A new app which turns any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device could help in the fight against diseases including HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the developing world, University of Cambridge scientists claim.

The recently-developed app could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes and urinary tract infections much clearer and easier for both patients and doctors, and could eventually be used to slow or limit the spread of pandemics.

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