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Review
. 2007 Jan;7(1):41-57.
doi: 10.1039/b611455e. Epub 2006 Oct 27.

Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: past studies and future opportunities

Curtis D Chin  1 , Vincent Linder, Samuel K Sia
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Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: past studies and future opportunities

Curtis D Chin et al. Lab Chip. 2007 Jan.

Abstract

A rapidly emerging field in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) research is the development of devices to improve the health of people in developing countries. In this review, we identify diseases that are most in need of new health technologies, discuss special design criteria for LOC devices to be deployed in a variety of resource-poor settings, and review past research into LOC devices for global health. We focus mainly on diagnostics, the nearest-term application in this field.

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