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Potential new weapon against TB: free cell minutes

source: NPR | Jun 18, 08 | submitted by Pat Coate

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - Researchers at MIT believe they've discovered a new weapon in the battle against tuberculosis: Free cell phone minutes.

The in-home tests also eliminate the need for health care workers to make several patient-monitoring visits a week, a routine that is often impractical in remote places, Gomez-Marquez said.


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"We're piggybacking on one of the bigger rollouts of infrastructure out there, which is wireless technology and telecom technology."
- Jose Gomez-Marquez, project co-leader
 

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