Blood tests in space
A mobile phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than a mosquito bite aims to make blood tests easier for many patients, from neonatal units to astronauts in space.
A mobile phone-sized blood-count machine requiring less blood than that produced from a mosquito bite aims to make blood tests easier for many patients.
Funded by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), researchers at the California Institute of Technology, the
“Analysis of blood composition is how doctors test for infections and deficiencies in the immune system, monitor health and make medical diagnoses,” said Dr Yu-Chong Tai, investigator on NSBRI’s Technology Development Team. “Looking ahead to future missions to the moon and Mars, astronauts will need to perform simple blood tests to get up-to-the-minute information on their health.”
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