10-10-2009, 03:25 PM
The medical laboratory of the future has no windows or doors and no one goes in or out “ although that wouldn™t be possible anyway, as it is so small that it would fit into your trouser pocket. On an area the size of a credit card, it can perform tests which in the past needed several hundred square meters of laboratory space Scientists at Bayer Technology Services are developing these miniature analytical devices for Bayer HealthCare™s Diagnostics Division. These biochips “ also known as the lab-on-a-chip “ are tools designed to enable new, more individualized treatment and as such are regarded as the most promising development in medical diagnostics. Soon, typical tests could be moved from large central laboratories right into the doctor™s surgery,
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