Qld test a potential COVID and cancer ‘game changer’

The University of Queensland researchers have invented a chip that uses a drop of blood to identify patients at risk of a potentially lethal uncontrolled immune response, known medically as a “cytokine storm”.If approved by medical regulators, it may one day help healthcare workers to detect high-risk patients and improve their treatment.

Professor Matt Trau, of UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, said while the “immuno-storm chip” was…



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