![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106044801im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Sensitive Nanowire Disease Detectors Made by Yale Scientists
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October 10, 2008
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Yale scientists have created nanowire sensors coupled with simple microprocessor electronics that are both sensitive and specific enough to be used for point-of-care disease detection, according to a report in the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters.
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