New Device Promises Expedited Results For Detecting Liver Toxicity, Nanyang Technological University Study
Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, A*STAR Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore, and the Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Texas, are developing a new medical device to test liver toxicity that can provide results in 30 minutes, according to a press release.
The release stated the researchers are currently working on a prototype that miniaturizes a test lab into the size of a needle, which will provide instant results on the health of a liver. “The ‘lab-in-a-needle’ test kit has two key components: a microfluidic chip that extracts and cleans the required test sample from the blood, while the second chip runs the various tests on the purified blood sample,” according to the release.
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The release stated the researchers are currently working on a prototype that miniaturizes a test lab into the size of a needle, which will provide instant results on the health of a liver. “The ‘lab-in-a-needle’ test kit has two key components: a microfluidic chip that extracts and cleans the required test sample from the blood, while the second chip runs the various tests on the purified blood sample,” according to the release.
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