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'Totally drug-resistant' TB strain reported

Indian doctors have reported the country's first cases of "totally drug-resistant tuberculosis," a long-feared and virtually untreatable form of the killer lung disease. read more..

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Making the 'Star Trek' Medical Tricorder a Reality

COMMENTARY | Qualcomm is offering researchers $10 million to make science fiction into reality. The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE will reward the team or researcher who is capable of producing a device that essentially copies the functions of a "Star Trek" medical tricorder. The company is offering the incentive to encourage the invention. read more..

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