"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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Researcher Dr Isaac Bogoch, who specialises in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Toronto General Hospital, told the BBC he had read about smartphone microscopes being trialled in a laboratory and decided to "recreate it in a real world setting".

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Tickets for the shows in Oakland, San Jose, Toronto and Chicago will go on sale to the general public April 8 and will also be available at Rollingstone.com.

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It would seem to be all in a year's work for General Manager Pat Gillick, the architect of the Toronto Blue Jays' back-to-back championship seasons in 1992 and 1993 and the 116-46 Seattle Mariners of 2001, among other successes.

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After watching his Toronto Maple Leafs crash out of playoff position under coach Ron Wilson, the general manager finally decided to fire his college roommate.

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