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We are pursuing the miniaturization of assays for diagnostic applications
where it is desirable to employ very small volumes of samples to
detect multiple analytes in parallel and in a minimum amount of
time. For example, we work with Patrick Hunziker and colleagues
from the University Hospital of Basel and Bühlmann Laboratories
AG, an in-vitro diagnostic company, to detect cardiac markers from
human samples with high sensitivity and accuracy. The main challenge
in this activity is to derive from our earlier work on biopatterning
and microfluidics a powerful yet simple device for non-expert users.
This effort is in part supported financially by the Swiss Commission
for Innovation and Technology.
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