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Novel Microfluidic Hybrid Device Reliably Detects Ebola Virus

A team led by researchers at UC Santa Cruz has developed chip-based technology for reliable detection of Ebola virus and other viral pathogens. The system uses direct optical detection of viral molecules and can be integrated into a simple, portable instrument for use in field situations where rapid, accurate detection of Ebola infections is needed to control outbreaks.

28 Sep 2015

Penn State Researchers Develop New Acoustic Lab-on-a-Chip Cell Sorting Device

Commercial fluorescence activated cell sorters have been highly successful in the past 40 years at rapidly and accurately aiding medical diagnosis and biological studies, but they are bulky and too expensive ($200,000 -$1,000,000) for many labs or doctors’ offices. Most significantly, these types of cell sorters can present biohazard concerns for operators and may damage cells or alter their properties, making them unfit for further study. To address these issues, researchers at Penn State have developed a new lab-on-a-chip cell sorting device based on acoustic waves.

21 Sep 2015

Microfluidics Technology-Based Lab-on-a-Chip Device Could Reduce Cost of Sophisticated Tests for Diseases

Rutgers engineers have developed a breakthrough device that can significantly reduce the cost of sophisticated lab tests for medical disorders and diseases, such as HIV, Lyme disease and syphilis.

14 Sep 2015

Chip-Based Model Produces Low Cost, Tissue-Engineered Pseudo-Organ

Scientists have developed a new technique that produces a user friendly, low cost, tissue-engineered pseudo-organ. The chip-based model produces a faithful mimic of the in vivo liver inside a scalable fluid-handling device, demonstrating proof of principle for toxicology tests and opening up potential use in drug testing and personalised medicine.

11 Sep 2015

Contact-Free Microfluidic System Uses Acoustic Tweezers to Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells

The capture and analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood of cancer patients is a valuable tool for treatment decisions and therapy monitoring. Until recently, it was a huge challenge to capture these rare cells in a blood sample.

24 Aug 2015

Innovative Technology for Microdroplet Creation for Automatic Analytical Devices

Scientists from Tallinn University of Technology (TUT) have devised a unique technology for creating microdroplets suitable for portable automatic analytical devices in various fields from internal security to environmental monitoring and space research. The Estonian Patent Office has registered the invention as a utility model.

20 Aug 2015

AIM Biotech's Microfluidics Device Enables Co-Culture of Multiple Cell Types in 3-D Hydrogel Environment

Replicating how cancer and other cells interact in the body is somewhat difficult in the lab. Biologists generally culture one cell type in plastic plates, which doesn’t represent the dynamic cell interactions within living organisms.

17 Aug 2015

Integrated Microfluidic Chip Design with Embedded 3D Hydrogel Scaffold Can Help Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Florida State University, and University of Massachusetts has developed a new design of microchip that can retrieve microfluidically attached cancer cells for serial in vitro or in vivo analysis by via integrating a 3D hydrogel scaffold into a fluidic device. The researchers describe their approach in the forthcoming issue of the journal TECHNOLOGY.

5 Aug 2015

Researchers Use Colloidal Mix to Understand Fluid Behavior in Micron-Sized Channels

From targeted drug delivery to the self-assembly of nano robots, new research by Northumbria University, Newcastle, is using super-sized atoms to reveal the behaviour of liquids in microscopic channels.

3 Jul 2015

Implantable Microfluid System Can Efficiently, Durably Stabilize Intraocular Pressure

Elevated or diminished eye pressure impairs our ability to see, and in the worst cases, can even lead to blindness. Until now, there has been no effective long-term treatment.

2 Jul 2015

Nanofluidics News

Novel Microfluidic Hybrid Device Reliably Detects Ebola Virus

Penn State Researchers Develop New Acoustic Lab-on-a-Chip Cell Sorting Device

Microfluidics Technology-Based Lab-on-a-Chip Device Could Reduce Cost of Sophisticated Tests for Diseases

Chip-Based Model Produces Low Cost, Tissue-Engineered Pseudo-Organ

Contact-Free Microfluidic System Uses Acoustic Tweezers to Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells

Innovative Technology for Microdroplet Creation for Automatic Analytical Devices

AIM Biotech's Microfluidics Device Enables Co-Culture of Multiple Cell Types in 3-D Hydrogel Environment

Integrated Microfluidic Chip Design with Embedded 3D Hydrogel Scaffold Can Help Capture Circulating Tumor Cells

Researchers Use Colloidal Mix to Understand Fluid Behavior in Micron-Sized Channels

Implantable Microfluid System Can Efficiently, Durably Stabilize Intraocular Pressure

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

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