Lab-on-a-chip definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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It is currently refining and testing a lab-on-a-chip that can sample and analyze the circulating tumor cells from just a teaspoon of a patient's blood, obviating the need, in many patients, for sometimes dangerous biopsies.

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For the last several years, research circles have been buzzing, with talk of "lab-on-a-chip" sensors. — Wired Top Stories
The lysis of single cells for downstream chemical analysis in capillaries and lab-on-a-chip devices can be achieved by optical, acoustic, mechanical, electrical or chemical means, each having their respective strengths and weaknesses. — CiteULike: Everyone's library
Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology brings within sight hand-held field deployable DNA testers. — FuturePundit
MEMS technology, in the form of a DNA lab-on-a-chip, is starting to assume a key role as part of a set of instruments for making quick analyses of microbiological samples — EE Times-Asia
Disposable 'lab-on-a-chip' may save costs and lives — Nano Tech Wire