Medical diagnosis/Lab-on-a-chip

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Biochips to diagnose diseases in tissue or blood samples may largely replace test-tubes. The entire lab can be conducted on the chip, called lab-on-a-chip, rather than add external tubing to detecting or measuring devices.[1]

Researchers are developing a way to test glucose levels of saliva, as a way of replacing blood tests to measure glucose.[2]

Diagnoses can be made more quickly and more accurately with biochips. Cancers can be detected through biochips before symptoms occur.[3]

References

  1. ↑ New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes, University of California Berkeley, 2011, http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/16/standalone-lab-on-a-chip/
  2. ↑ Biochip measures glucose in saliva, not blood, Brown University, Jan 23, 2012, http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2012/01/plasmonic
  3. ↑ Sagoff, Jared (May 9, 2008), Biochips can detect cancers before symptoms develop, http://www.anl.gov/articles/biochips-can-detect-cancers-symptoms-develop

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