'Tissue on a chip' reduces need for animal testing
06 April, 2021Researchers have developed human-on-a-chip technology, using human tissues in a device, which mimics human physiology.
ANFF partners with NASA to monitor health in space
06 November, 2019The Australian National Fabrication Facility has partnered with NASA in a project to develop sensors for monitoring the health of astronauts through testing bodily fluids such as sweat and saliva.
Lab-on-a-chip analyses health of white blood cells
15 October, 2019Using a combination of microfluidics and electrical sensors, the chip was able to detect differences in the electrical properties of white blood cells taken from healthy and diabetic patients.
Drug development on a chip
24 July, 2019Scientists have found a way to combine the separate steps required for drug development, hence facilitating and accelerating the search for promising new substances.
Transforming drug discovery using organ-on-chip systems
01 July, 2019Given the flaws of animal research models and traditional in vitro experimentation, organ-on-chip studies are being hailed as the key to faster, more accurate drug development and precision medicine.
Organ-on-chip systems now available from AXT
03 May, 2019Organ-on-chip specialist CN Bio has signed a distribution agreement with Sydney-based AXT, with its products now available throughout Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific region.
Lab-on-a-chip detects ovarian cancer with a liquid biopsy
08 March, 2019Researchers have developed an ultrasensitive diagnostic device that could allow doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma.
Better blood analysis with lab-on-a-chip devices
11 December, 2018 by Lauren DavisDr Warwick Nesbitt is on a mission to bring blood analysis out of the pathology lab.
'Programmable droplets' could replace pipettes
16 February, 2018 by Lauren DavisMIT researchers are replacing the humble pipette with lab-on-a-chip technology that uses electric fields to move droplets of biological solutions around a surface.
Lab-on-a-chip used to study single bacterial cells
01 February, 2018European researchers have set up a lab-on-a-chip, hardly bigger than a matchbox in size, which enables them to study gene regulation in single bacterial cells.
Lung-on-a-chip enables respiratory studies
26 August, 2014Researchers at RTI International, in collaboration with The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, have developed a lung-on-chip microdevice for laboratory studies of respiratory challenges and therapeutics.
Lab-on-a-chip tests chemical composition of liquids
17 June, 2014Researchers at the Vienna University of Technology have taken a technique for measuring the chemical composition of liquids and implemented it in a tiny sensor.
Low-cost lab-on-a-chip
17 March, 2014 by Lauren DavisUNSW PhD candidate Ryan Pawell has developed a method intended to cut the costs of microfluidic devices used for diagnostics.
Low-cost lab on a chip for diagnostics, drug detection and more
18 February, 2014European researchers have developed a rapid diagnostic system called LabOnFoil, which is based on smart cards and skin patches combined with a portable reader. Its test results can directly be sent to a remote computer, tablet or smartphone through a wireless connection, thus enabling access from anywhere in the world.
Take a selfie of your cholesterol levels
19 December, 2013 by Lauren DavisCornell University researchers have developed a new system which, when fitted over a smartphone, can be used to quickly and easily measure cholesterol levels. The method has been described in the journal Lab on a Chip.
