[deleted] t1_jadvwcg wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Reply to comment by HapticSloughton in Researchers have developed a new device that can detect and analyse cancer cells from blood samples, enabling doctors to avoid invasive biopsy surgeries, and to monitor treatment progress by giuliomagnifico

The cool thing about microfluidic devices such as this is that they are super easy and inexpensive to make. Like anyone could make this in their garage with about $1000 worth of equipment, or a $50 membership to a makerspace.

[deleted] t1_jae71q6 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:10 PM

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[deleted] t1_jadwlvl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:04 PM

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[deleted] t1_jady8mw wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:15 PM

No it literally is not.

Microfluidics is a huge, important field of research that is bringing the cost of care down by an order of magnitude and elevating the quality of care in developing nations by another order of magnitude.