UniversityofBath OP t1_izefpte wrote
Reply to comment by CommunityPowerful54 in We’re Sadeka Nujhat, Hannah Leese and Sandhya Moise from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. We research ways to detect cancer as early as possible to help save lives. by UniversityofBath
Sure, thanks your question, microfluidics enables us to do lots of different things with tiny volumes/amounts of fluids which are applied to lots of different fields from bioengineering to catalysis. By having micro-sized channels, we can incorporate them into devices to enable us to work on much smaller scales. This helps us investigate fundamental questions such as how a fluid flows at the microscale (around the thickness of a single human hair) but also enables high-throughput screening and manufacturing through multiplexing (putting lots of devices together) microfluidic devices. Some vaccines are manufactured through high-throughput microfluidics. Microfluidics can give us the ability to have lab-on-chips, where we miniaturise all the components, we can carry out in a lab onto one chip.
CommunityPowerful54 t1_izeg6gn wrote
>idic devices. Some vaccines are manufactured through high-throughput microfluidics. Microfluidics can give us the ability to have lab-on-chips, where we miniaturise all the components, we can carry out in a lab onto one chip.
Wow! So you wouldn't need a large amount of blood to detect cancer?
UniversityofBath OP t1_izegjdq wrote
Exactly :) we would be able to use smaller amounts
wodon t1_izgqj04 wrote
Have you considered using this tech to get billions in venture capital? What could go wrong?!
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