“Labyrinth” device sorts cancer cells from healthy blood / Il dispositivo "labirinto" separa le cellule tumorali dal sangue sano Segnalato dal Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa / Reported by Dr. Giuseppe Cotellessa Blood flows through the labyrinth chip, quickly separating red and white blood cells from cancer cells. / Il sangue scorre attraverso il chip di labirinto, separando rapidamente i globuli rossi e bianchi dalle cellule tumorali. Microfluidic chip could assist in the design of personalized, targeted therapy Microfluidics — the phenomenon that underlies ‘lab-on-a-chip’ technologies — has long been of interest to medicine. Its ability to pass samples of fluids through channels containing compounds that bind to specific chemical groups or regions on chemicals in the sample make it potentially useful both in diagnosing diseases from body fluid samples taken from patients and in testing the activity of potential drug molecules. A team from the University of Michi
