A research team from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have demonstrated a unique configuration of a system based on optical tweezers – which enables long-distance manipulation of various particles and cells in lab-on-the-chip devices – to enable fast and effective diagnosis and treatment of many serious diseases.
The volume of the information microfluidics can unlock, combined with its speed, accuracy and specificity can become the difference between life and death in diagnosing deadly diseases such as cancer. This possibility of early-stage diagnosis of blood cancer – better known as leukemia – was the motivation of the Polish team in building an innovative microfluidics-based diagnostic device.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/lc/d3lc00733b
