Health and Fitness

Deep Inside the Body, Tiny Mechanical Microscope Diagnoses Disease

Groundbreaking Technology, But Specialists Need Improved, Standardized Guidelines to Advance Diagnostic Accuracy, Says Weill Cornell Researcher

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2012 — Tiny space age probes — those that can see inside single living cells — are increasingly being used to diagnose illness in hard-to-reach areas of the body.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Dr. Michel Kahalehoften threads a tiny microscope into the narrow bile ducts that connect the liver to the small intestine to…

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