Microfluidic chip does 1,000 parallel chemical reactions, looks glorious
By Vladislav Savov 
posted Aug 6th 2009 8:13PM
posted Aug 6th 2009 8:13PM
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posted Aug 6th 2009 8:13PM
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Always nice to see advances in medical science I can actually understand!
This is old! Costco has those in 24 packs.
Dr. McCoy always did appreciate the steampunk version of his medical tricorder.
For once something that is useful to society :)
The biggest application this is likely to have in the near-term is drug testing in sport.
It should make it a lot cheaper, a lot more widespread and a lot faster and more accurate.
Which is great, in my opinion.
Man, I wish I had a Ph.D. to understand what I'm looking at in the picture.
hmmm, but of course...
http://gizmodo.com/5329961/lab+in+a+chip-can-perform-1024-chemical-reactions-simultaneously
posted on gizmodo yesterday and u dont even reference them.... shameful
SIMPSONS DID IT
Or maybe they didn't get it from Gizmodo.
Suggestion: GTFO and go back to gizmodo then.
Umm I am not computer/biology genius...what does this mean for society exactly?
Chemical/bio engineers test more stuff at once.
as well as testing more stuff, using smaller volumes = testing more stuff faster and cheeper, that is once you get past the cost of all new equipment.
Looks like an awesome thing to use in experimental reactions.
However.....I think you need to specify which California State University. Let me help you out there: It was CSU LA. It isn't very obvious since UCLA has lots of joint programs and just stating that it was a CSU doesn't give it justice.
That thing looks like its sucking the blood out of him.
The beginning of the end...
Now I have to make this nerdy comment.
Looks like the chips from Hellsing.
Superfantastic! I'll be waiting for the USB-powered one.
Is this better than folding@home? I read that the folding thing will get results in as much as 100 years.
Do you think a Hershey's Nutrageous bar is better than a BMW M5?
? Folding@home is something that is meant to answer a specific scientific question. While this gadget is umm I am not entirely sure but apparently it does alot of stuff.
"California State University"
which one...?
I feel sorry for the poor undergrad that had to set this monster up :(
Why? That's the fun part.
It's
Dr. Frankenstein would be proud.
Also, there is only one UC in LA, aka UCLA. CSU is in a different system than UCLA - CSU LA isn't the same as UCLA. Why would you need to call UCLA by another name?
Well, here is the original article: http://is.gd/268Bm. Apparently it was, in part by this group at the UCLA: http://labs.pharmacology.ucla.edu/tsenglab/
Also the first author (=the graduate student who did most of the work) is also affiliated with the CSU.
Its cool and everything, but not that other groups are not doing pretty much the same thing. Also do not confuse this with a product, you can buy. Usually publishing something means, it barely works ;)
This is meant to be used as a testing device for new drugs.
not half as fun as those squiggly straws.
Sweet, 1 GHz that runs on the blood of virgins.
this thing has actually been out for a while, we had a rep from fluidigm come to our lab. (http://www.fluidigm.com/)
the problem with it is that you have to use microfluidics and pressures to open "gates" on the chip allowing the chemicals to mix (usually quantitative PCR to measure gene expression) and contamination may occur. also, the plates are not re-usable and cost quite a bit a piece.
No! That's not it. Bring me the hydrospanners!