Gold nanoparticles used to diagnose flu in minutes

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Arriving at a rapid and accurate diagnosis is critical during flu outbreaks, but until now, physicians and public health officials have had to choose between a highly accurate yet time-consuming test or a rapid but error-prone test. A new detection method however, offers the best of both worlds.

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