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Counting molecules with an ordinary cell phone

February 25, 2016

A new visual readout method to count individual nucleic acid molecules within a sample can be performed by any cell-phone camera, report scientists at the California Institute of Technology. The advance addresses the need for a robust readout system for quantitative diagnostics. Read more at Caltech News.