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The Making of a Medical Microchip

June 18, 2017

This chip, developed by Fluidigm, can be used in a microfluidics system to analyse genomic information from samples as small as a single cell (Image credit: Fluidigm) The bioengineers in Dino Di Carlo’s lab at the University of [more...]

Microfluidics in the Clinical Lab

December 28, 2016

From Admin: In this article, the author uses non-tech analogies from everyday life to explain some key microfluidics principles that govern the behaviors of flow in micro scale domain. The advantages of using microfluidics system have been [more...]

Catching Circulating Tumor Cells

November 25, 2015

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) give a valuable insight into tumor progression and metastasis. Therefore, it is important to detect, capture, and analyze CTCs in the blood of patients with malignant tumors. In their review, Yong-Qiang Li [more...]

The Lab-on-Chip Revolution: Finding the Right Niche

October 24, 2015

To trim costs and simplify the design of microfluidic devices, USC’s Krisna Bhargava has harnessed 3D printing to produce modular, Lego-style components for housing the elements of microfluidic systems. In laboratories ranging from [more...]