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A Brave New World?

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About a 1000 years ago (in computer/biotech years), no medical tests were automated.  Everything was done by hand.  Almost everything involved wet chemistry or wet microbiology.  Until the early 1970’s, when a big hulking device was developed for and marketed by Corning (then Corning Glass Works)- the LARC- the leukocyte automatic recognition classifier.  This amazing device was able to discern the percentage of leukocytes on a blood smear and classify them into six types- at a then unheard of rate of 100 cells a minute.

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Don’t wait until it needs a “turnaround”!

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Have you ever had the “opportunity” to be driving on a country road and seeing a car’s headlights seemingly aimed directly at you… Yes, the drunk is using your lights as a beacon. What do you do?  Turn off your head lights? Slam on your brakes and pull off the side of the road?  Or switch to the opposing lane of traffic (hoping no one is behind him)?

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