To do this, the researchers modified the surface of conventional microscope slides at the nanoscale ... to pick up a few cancer cells in a complex tissue or a blood sample," says Parker.

Because red blood cells only live about 4 months ... In earlier years, doctors would put a drop of blood on a microscope slide and count the number of reticulocytes themselves.

That process involves placing a smear of blood onto a slide, and examining ... labs leaning over microscopes, in some cases, using a manual clicker to count cells,” Hayut told TechCrunch.

a doctor spreads a thin layer of blood on a microscope slide and stains the blood to help differentiate the cells. The doctor then views the blood under a microscope, where the sizes and shapes of ...

With the AI tool, a high-powered microscope works like a "super-high-speed camera that takes sharp pictures of blood cells in flow," said Yuqi Zhou, assistant professor of chemistry at the ...