"To our knowledge, this is the first time the mobile phone microscope had been used in the field to diagnose intestinal parasitic infections, " said Isaac Bogoch, an internal medicine specialist at Toronto General Hospital.

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Also, such lasers can scan a much broader field of view than a laser in a digital microscope.

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"The information we have is that the electron microscope testing is not the gold standard, so to speak, of testing in this field, " Muia said during a motions hearing Tuesday in state Supreme Court.

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