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New lab-on-a-chip infection test could provide cheaper, faster portable diagnostics – Science Daily
A tiny new silicon-based lab-on-chip test could pave the way for cheap handheld infectious disease testing.
The chip, developed at Imperial College London and known as TriSilix, is a ‘micro laboratory’ which performs a miniature version of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the spot. PCR is the gold-standard test for detecting viruses and bacteria in biological samples such as bodily fluids, faeces, or environmental samples.Although PCR is usually performed in a laboratory, which means test results aren’t immediately available, this new lab-on-a-chip can process and present results in a matter of…
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