Rats used to detect TB

Friday, July 5, 2013 - 05:50 in Health & Medicine

African giant pouched rats are being used to detect tuberculosis in Tanzania and they are faster than technicians. They can do what a technician takes the whole day to do in just seven minutes. According to the government-owned Daily News, the rats are managed by Sokoine Universi …

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