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Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine developed a cell sorting device, which they call an integrated microfluidics-waveguide sensor, that can sift through and measure the number of different types of white cells in a sample of blood.
Originally developed to detect severe combined immunodeficiency, or ?bubble boy disease?, the researchers quickly realized that the technology can be used to help identify other, more common conditions. The technology behind the sensor is described in the latest issue of Biomicrofluidics.
http://medgadget.com/2012/03/immune...white-blood-cells-helps-diagnose-disease.html
Originally developed to detect severe combined immunodeficiency, or ?bubble boy disease?, the researchers quickly realized that the technology can be used to help identify other, more common conditions. The technology behind the sensor is described in the latest issue of Biomicrofluidics.
http://medgadget.com/2012/03/immune...white-blood-cells-helps-diagnose-disease.html