Cheap, disposable device for diagnosing disease
The duvet picture of the present challenge of the journal Lab on a Chip reveals an artist's conception of a reusable acoustic tweezers machine (backside) with a disposable microfluidic laboratory for cell manipulation and illness analysis. Credit score: Huang Lab/Penn State The event of a reusable microfluidic machine for sorting and manipulating cells and different micro/nano meter scale objects will make biomedical analysis of ailments cheaper and extra handy in areas the place medical amenities are sparse or price is prohibitive. Researchers at Penn State have just lately filed a patent to develop such a tool. Primarily based on mild acoustic vibrations, the machine, known as acoustic tweezers, is the work of Penn State professor of engineering science and mechanics, Tony Huang and his college students. Their work is the quilt article for the present chal...