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Rice University

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Rice University mechanical engineer Peter Lillehoj and postdoctoral researcher Xue Jiang show a bandagelike device that contains microneedles and a test strip that can quickly diagnose malaria without the need to draw blood.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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