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New tech uses gold particles, water, DNA powder to detect disease

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 01, 2013 | 5:25 pm Precious Metals Gold 

Researchers from University of Toronto's Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME) have come up with a novel use for gold particles to detect infectious diseases. Medical News Today reports the new technology is similar to over-the-counter pregnancy tests and...

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