CellScope

Bioengineering professor Dan Fletcher and his students develop the CellScope, a tool capable of turning a smartphone into a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases.

Combining basic hardware with custom software, the CellScope team has enabled mobile microscopy to solve problems around the world, from parasitic worms to ocular diseases to water pollution. Commercialized spinoffs include an otoscope for diagnosing ear infections, part of a planned digital home health kit.

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