Improving Health Assessments with a Single Cell
There’s a wealth of health information hiding in the human immune system, but accessing it can be very challenging. New research led by scientists from the California Institute of Technology, however, has shown that a new generation of microchips they developed can quickly and inexpensively assess immune function by examining biomarkers—proteins that can reflect the response of the immune system to disease—from single cells. The scientists reported on the creation and use of the advanced technology in the journal Nature Medicine.
Improving Health Assessments with a Single Cell
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