How many times have you been to the doctor and had that stupid wooden tongue depressor stuck in your face? Dry bland taste and the ever-present fear of splinters – no thanks. Are they even able to see anything worthwhile?
There may soon be a replacement that could actually be used to screen for oral cancers. The lab of Dr John X J Zhang at the University of Texas in Austin have created a portable mini microscope with resolution good enough to identify early-stage cancer cells. Their work was recently published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.
Chocolates? Check. Card? Check. Dinner reservations? Done and done. Dozen roses? Two dozen? Hell, I don’t know how much you make – personally, I’m on a grad student stipend. Carnations, perhaps? Regardless, fellas, you better be on your A game today.
Every woman I know has a squirt bottle of hand sanitizer, there are ad campaigns about washing your hand, and Lysol is never not in my kitchen. So much effort to get rid of bacteria. But what if we started using them for good, in the fight against cancer?
