Methodist Hospital Research Institute https://refractor.io/tag/methodist-hospital-research-institute/ Methodist Hospital Research Institute en-AU Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:36:53 GMT Inexpensive card-sized device runs 50 blood tests in seconds https://refractor.io/medical/inexpensive-card-sized-device-runs-50-blood-tests-in-seconds/ The V-chip is an inexpensive credit card-sized device, that can instantly test a single drop of blood for up to 50 different substances

Ordinarily, when medical clinicians are conducting blood tests, it’s a somewhat elaborate affair. A full vial of blood must be drawn, individual portions of which are then loaded into large, expensive machines such as mass spectrometers. The results are usually quite accurate, but they’re not instantaneous, and require the services of trained personnel in a well-equipped lab. That may be about to change, however. Scientists from Houston’s Methodist Hospital Research Institute and MD Anderson Cancer Center have created a credit card-sized gadget, that can instantly check a single drop of blood for up to 50 different substances – and it costs about US$10.

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