An Artificial Eye on Bioterror

Technology / Weapons & SecurityHealth & Medicine

by Fenella Saunders

From the June 2002 issue, published online June 1, 2002

Future Tech: Doctor on-Call? Cell-Phone Cameras Can Diagnose Disease
Developing nations often have a lack of medical facilities but good cell phones. The CellScope turns the latter into the former. October 20, 2009

How Invaders Break Through the Brain's Great Wall
Some bacteria pierce the imposing blood-brain barrier by breaking links in the chain; sneakier ones do it by fooling the guard cells. October 15, 2009

Numbers: Microbes, From the Tiny Genome to the 70 Trillion in Your Body
October 15, 2009

The Big Idea That Might Beat Cancer and Cut Health-Care Costs by 80 Percent
Paul Ewald says infections are responsible for at least four-fifths of all cancers—and we have the tools to prevent them. September 30, 2009

Swine Flu Was a Warning Shot. How Can We Do Better Against the Next Pandemic?
This spring we were caught with our public-health pants down. Preparing for the next big threat will be difficult but not impossible. August 25, 2009

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