Search results for lab-on-a-Chip
Chip simulates metabolism of medicine in human body
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny electrochemical cell, developed by researchers of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, The Netherlands, is able to mimick the behaviour of medicine inside a human body. This chip ...
Tiny 'lab-on-a-chip' detects pollutants, disease and biological weapons
Feb 17, 2009 |
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For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern ...
'Lab on a chip' mimics brain chemistry
Feb 12, 2008 |
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Johns Hopkins researchers from the Whiting School of Engineering and the School of Medicine have devised a micro-scale tool - a lab on a chip - designed to mimic the chemical complexities of the brain. The system should help ...
Driving water droplets uphill
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Lab-on-a-chip technology could soon simplify a host of applications, thanks to a new way to move droplets up vertical surfaces on flexible chips.
Integrated optical trap holds particles for on-chip analysis
Jun 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new type of optical particle trap can be used to manipulate bacteria, viruses and other particles on a chip as part of an integrated optofluidic platform. The optical trap is the latest ...
Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip technique
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Toronto have developed a new "lab-on-a-chip" technique that analyses tiny samples of blood and breast tissue to identify women at risk of breast cancer much more quickly than ever before.
MIT invents 'lab on a chip' to automate gene studies
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Aug 20, 2007 |
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Genetic studies on whole animals can now be done dramatically faster using a new microfluidic chip developed by engineers at MIT.
Chip-Based Device Measures Drug Resistance in Tumor Cells
May 21, 2008 |
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Multiple drug resistance is a major cause of anticancer therapy failure. Most drug-resistance cancer cells develop this unfortunate characteristic due to a drug-pumping protein known as P-glycoprotein.
A 'lab on a chip' to improve success of in vitro fertilization
Sep 01, 2008 |
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In a finding that could boost the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), researchers report development of a tiny "lab on a chip" to evaluate the fitness of embryos harvested for transfer. A report ...
Lab-on-a-chip hones in on how cancer cells break free
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Johns Hopkins engineers have invented a method that could be used to help figure out how cancer cells break free from neighboring tissue, an "escape" that can spread the disease to other parts of the body. ...
Make your own microfluidic device with new kit from U-M
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Jul 24, 2008 |
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A type of device called a "lab-on-a-chip" could bring a new generation of instant home tests for illnesses, food contaminants and toxic gases. But today these portable, efficient tools are often stuck in the lab themselves. ...
Mini-laboratory gets megaproductive
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dawid Zalewski of the University of Twente, Netherlands, has developed a mini-laboratory on a chip that can purify biological mixtures continuously. This is very different from the usual method ...
Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost
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Apr 11, 2008 |
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An MIT team has improved upon its landmark technology reported last year in which the researchers used a fingernail-sized lab on a chip to image, perform surgery on and sort tiny worms to study nerve regeneration.
New microchip technology performs 1,000 chemical reactions at once
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Flasks, beakers and hot plates may soon be a thing of the past in chemistry labs. Instead of handling a few experiments on a bench top, scientists may simply pop a microchip into a computer ...
A real-time diagnosis for a treatable cancer
Jun 09, 2009 |
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According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer, America's third leading type of cancer, is also one of the most preventable. One-third of all colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided by simple ...
