February 2017

HICOMP MicroTech

February 26, 2017

About the Company: Manufacturer and provider of customized microfluidic chips. The materials include polycarbonate (PC), polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polystyrene (PS) and cyclic olefin polymers (COP, COC). HICOMP offers [more...]

Vortex Biosciences Announces Commercial Launch of Fully Automated System for CTC Isolation

February 26, 2017

MENLO PARK, CA, February 21 – Vortex Biosciences announced the commercial launch of the VTX-1 Liquid Biopsy System, a fully automated benchtop system for collecting intact circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that are shed by tumors, using [more...]

Open Access- Advances in Microfluidics – New Applications in Biology, Energy, and Materials Sciences

February 20, 2017

Book Description Intechopen Link Authors: Xiao-ying Yu Nov 23rd 2016 Summary Increasing innovations and applications make microfluidics a versatile choice for researchers in many disciplines. This book consists of multiple review [more...]

A New Type of Monitoring Provides Information About the Life of Bacteria in Microdroplets

February 20, 2017

A microfluidic device constructed of tubing and Teflon connectors. (Image credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski) In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on bacteria much more efficiently using microfluidic [more...]

Ingestible Sensor Is Powered by Stomach Acid

February 19, 2017

The small, ingestible voltaic cell is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach. (Credit: Diemut Strebe) Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US have designed and developed an indigestible electronic device [more...]

CRISPR Meets Single-cell Sequencing in New Screening Method

February 18, 2017

Microfluidic droplets capture single, genome-edited cells and barcode their transcriptome. (Image Credit: Paul Datlinger/CeMM) Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 “gene scissors” is a powerful tool for biological discovery and for [more...]

Engineers Shrink Atomic Force Microscope to Dime-sized Device

February 18, 2017

A MEMS-based atomic force microscope developed by engineers at UT Dallas is about 1 square centimeter in size (top center). Here it is attached to a small printed circuit board that contains circuitry, sensors and other miniaturized [more...]

Researchers Develop Device That Emulates Human Kidney Function

February 18, 2017

This reusable, multi-layered and microfluidic device incorporates a porous growth substrate, with a physiological fluid flow, and the passive filtration of the capillaries around the end of a kidney, called the glomerulus, where waste is [more...]

Cell Smasher

February 18, 2017

Real-time on chip mechanical analysis with micro hammer(Image credit: UCSB) The world’s tiniest hammer will allow UCSB researchers to get a cellular-level understanding of what happens when force is applied to brain cells. We’re all [more...]