Rats have long been guilty of spreading disease. But now they’ve gone into the diagnosis side. Because rats can be trained to spot tuberculosis--and to do it better than conventional techniques. The finding is in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . [Alan Poling et al., " Using Giant African Pouched Rats to Detect Tuberculosis in Human Sputum Samples: 2009 Findings" ] [More]
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