This Transparent Piece Of Glass Can Detect 3,000 Viruses In
Under 24 HoursS  Measuring just three-inches, that strange
plastic doohickey the woman is holding there can detect 3,000
different viruses in under a day. This bio-detector could end up
saving your life, in other words.  388,000 individually-
sequenced probes are contained in the glass slide, and are
capable of analyzing and detecting over 2,00 viruses and 900
different forms of bacteria. It's being worked on by the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with the Lawrence
Livermore Microbial Detection Array (or LLMDA) placed under
exactly 107.6 Fahrenheit degrees of heat, after a sample of DNA
or RNA has been mixed with fluorescent dye and smeared onto the
device. Then, a fluorescent scanner can reveal the nasties (or
goodies) that lurks within the DNA sample, with the dye becoming
visible when strains are present.  The obvious use for the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's work is in the medical
region, but Science Daily is reporting that it c