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CommunityPowerful54 t1_izedhd1 wrote

Hi team. Can you tell me a little more about what microfluidics is please?

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UniversityofBath OP t1_izefpte wrote

Sure, thanks your question, microfluidics enables us to do lots of different things with tiny volumes/amounts of fluids which are applied to lots of different fields from bioengineering to catalysis. By having micro-sized channels, we can incorporate them into devices to enable us to work on much smaller scales. This helps us investigate fundamental questions such as how a fluid flows at the microscale (around the thickness of a single human hair) but also enables high-throughput screening and manufacturing through multiplexing (putting lots of devices together) microfluidic devices. Some vaccines are manufactured through high-throughput microfluidics. Microfluidics can give us the ability to have lab-on-chips, where we miniaturise all the components, we can carry out in a lab onto one chip.

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CommunityPowerful54 t1_izeg6gn wrote

>idic devices. Some vaccines are manufactured through high-throughput microfluidics. Microfluidics can give us the ability to have lab-on-chips, where we miniaturise all the components, we can carry out in a lab onto one chip.

Wow! So you wouldn't need a large amount of blood to detect cancer?

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UniversityofBath OP t1_izegjdq wrote

Exactly :) we would be able to use smaller amounts

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wodon t1_izgqj04 wrote

Have you considered using this tech to get billions in venture capital? What could go wrong?!

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