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Better and Cheaper Healthcare with Dry Blood Samples

May 31, 2017

A drop of blood on filter paper for future diagnostics. (Image Credit: Johan Björkesten) Dried blood on filter paper stored for future diagnostic purposes – considerably easier than the present-day, resource-consuming method using [more...]

Microfluidic Device Helps to Detect Myeloma Cells

April 4, 2017

Engineers at MIT have devised a microfluidic technique to capture and count circulating plasma cells from small samples of blood. The technique, which relies on conventional blood draws, may provide patients with a less painful test for [more...]

Portable Microscope Could Speed Sepsis Detection

September 5, 2016

A portable microscope, developed as part of a scalable, point-of-care, label-free microarray platform, may offer more rapid detection of sepsis and other infections caused by bacteria, ultimately saving millions of lives each year. The [more...]

One-Step Tumor Detection on a Chip

December 10, 2015

The molecule binds to the overexpressed cancer receptors on the cells. Cells show distinct behavior when bound to the surface. This behavior is quantified with image processing. (Credit: TECHNOLOGY) A team of researchers from the [more...]
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