MIT invents 'lab on a chip' to automate gene studies

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This photo shows an immobilized C. elegans worm inside the new microfluidic chip designed at MIT. The green spots are neurons. Image courtesy Mehmet Fatih Yanik MIT
This photo shows an immobilized C. elegans worm inside the new microfluidic chip designed at MIT. The green spots are neurons. Image courtesy / Mehmet Fatih Yanik, MIT

Genetic studies on whole animals can now be done dramatically faster using a new microfluidic chip developed by engineers at MIT.


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