A researcher uses a pipette to put a sample on to a molography chip. Photograph of the experimental set-up in an ETH Zurich laboratory. Credit: ETH Zurich / Andreas Frutiger
A new method for analysis of molecules in liquids on a chip has the potential to revolutionize medical diagnostics. Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune diseases can be diagnosed with laboratory tests. But such examinations often take a few hours and are quite complex Scientists at ETH Zurich and the company Roche have jointly developed a completely new analysis method based on light diffraction on molecules on a small chip. In future, physicians may be able to perform complex examinations easily and quickly in their own practice.
As with other established diagnosti...
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