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Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using electricity

  • Written by Blanca H. Lapizco-Encinas, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageMicrofluidics makes use of tiny channels to speed up analyses of biomolecules such as DNA and proteins.Thom Leach/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

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