A scientist in Taiwan has unveiled what he describes as the first low-cost and efficient test kit for identifying the tuberculosis (TB) bacteria—the killer of around 1.5 million people worldwide every year.The kit, which looks similar to pregnancy test kits, can assay samples from a suspected TB patient in less than 5 minutes, the inventor said, following a seminar in Taipei to mark World Tuberculosis Day (24 March)............click for more

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