University of British Columbia experts announce the development of an advanced microfluidic device, a lab-on-a-chip that could greatly improve the way genetic analysis are done today. The instrument could make the assessments cheaper, faster, and extremely sensitive. The silicone chip the UBC group developed allows i... |
27 July 2011
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Microfluidic devices are a promising class of equipment that could in the near future be used for a wide variety of applications, from applying diagnostics to analyzing the degree of contamination in a chemical or biological sample. The instruments are very small, the size of a chip, and they all contain small channe... |
2 August 2010
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A group of experts at the Harvard University, led by chemistry professor George Whitesides, is aiming to develop a new paper lab-on-a-chip, which would act like a blood analyzer and will cost about a penny. The new scientific instrument will be no larger than the tip of a finger, and its primary function is to be use... |
26 February 2010
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DNA sequencing is a very important tool in medicine and biomedical research, as it plays a very important role in investigations related to studying genetic diseases and also cancer. But existing technologies aimed at sequencing can be very complex, and require a lot of time and machines to be conducted. This makes t... |
10 February 2010
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The IBM Corporation has officially entered the lab-on-a-chip market, with the development of its first microfluidic device. Their new instrument could offer a potent diagnostics tool against numerous diseases and virus types, as it makes use of capillary action to draw its conclusions. According to the company, the t... |
24 November 2009
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Javier Atencia is an investigator that spent a lot of time toying with microfluidic devices, the small, scientific instruments made up of tiny channels that conduct fluids, which can be used for a very wide array of applications, including water diagnostics and decontamination. Like others before him, he came to the ... |
18 November 2009
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One of the main reasons why mortality rates keep going up, and epidemics keep appearing in poor regions of the world is obviously the lack of sanitation. People consume tainted water and crops, which make them go sick. But the real disaster is that doctors, or other healthcare specialists, who are supposed to take ca... |
25 August 2009
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A microfluidic device, or a lab-on-a-chip, is a contraption that is able to detect certain chemicals or microorganisms in minute samples of materials that are passed through it. Experimental samples can be made to pass through it via electromechanical valves, which is the preferred method among scientists. However, e... |
23 July 2009
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Most often, when bacteria create nasty infections inside human hosts, they defend themselves against antibiotics and the immune system via a coat of slimy proteins, known as a biofilm. These biofilms are notoriously hard to destroy, and, if they occur on implanted prosthetic devices, they are most often destroyed by ... |
1 July 2009
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Lab-on-a-chip devices, a relatively new technology in the world of portable diagnostic tools, promise both mobility and accurate microfluid analysis. The problem is that they cannot be mass produced since they are made out of expensive materials such as silicon, glass or plastics, and are extremely hard to manufactur... |
15 May 2008
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