Mass-produced microvalves are the key to scalable production of disposable, plug-and-play microfluidic devices, say scientists. The elusive 'lab on a chip' capable of shrinking and integrating ...

(Nanowerk News) The development of a reusable microfluidic device for sorting and manipulating cells and other micro/nano meter scale objects will make biomedical diagnosis of diseases cheaper and ...

Bukert Life Science releases Microfluidic valves with Twin Power technology, now available in three sizes - 10mm, 16mm, and 22mm. Twin Power technology combines the industry-proven rocker principle ...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have added yet another innovation—miniature valves—to their ever-growing collection of inexpensive, easy-to-manufacture and ...

No longer just science fiction, fully integrated molecular diagnostic devices are being developed to take raw sample loaded at the intake port, process it through the device, and deliver an answer at ...

Low-cost, disposable cartridges that would let doctors perform diagnostic tests at the point-of-care could speed up diagnosis and treatment while lowering costs. Researchers are rapidly closing in on ...

Historically, the use of microfluidic devices has been confined to the laboratory, in which they have particularly been employed for drug discovery applications or DNA analysis. However, with the ...

OSAKA, Japan & KAWASAKI, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) and Institute of Microchemical Technology Co., Ltd. (IMT) jointly developed a technology for mass production of ...

Lab-on-a-chip devices work by directing small samples of liquid through tiny “microchannels” embedded in a small platform, and are used for analyzing liquids in medical and scientific settings.

Recent progress in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) technology and microfluidics is reviewed in this article, with a special focus on drug discovery. We introduce relevant scaling laws, together with the means by ...