"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
ST said the chip would be able to analyse a minute blood sample to detect the presence of DNA from the H5N1 avian flu virus. Results can be displayed on a portable laptop, making it easier to perform checks in the field. Currently, samples have to be sent to specialist laboratories for testing, which can take several days.