DISPOSABLE MICROCHIPS SUITABLE FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING

Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have developed a disposable microchip that replaces space-consuming instrumentation with fast, cost-effective, lab-on-a-chip technology. The microfluidic device is suitable for large-scale screening of disease-related biomarkers. Protein biomarkers are useful as "molecular indicators" for a wide range of diseases including breast cancer. The lab-on-a-chip integrates a pump, valve, separation column, and detection interface onto a 3- by-1 inch glass microchip and delivers a performance to match benchtop instrumentation typically occupying a few square feet of lab space.
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