University of Washington Scientists and Engineers Create Credit-Card-Sized, Microfluidic Device Capable of Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer in Minutes

The device automates the process used by pathology labs to process biopsy specimens and could be applied to automate other scientific processes Hoping to speed up the processing of human biopsies to reduce the time required to diagnose cancers, two undergraduate engineering students at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a cheap, miniaturized device that could one day be used in anatomic pathology laboratories. The protype is a low-cost, credit-card-sized device that automates the...
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