Device uses microfabricated bioreactors to facilitate the on-demand production of therapeutic proteins for medicines and biopharmaceuticals

 Without some sort of testing platform, research on diseases and their treatments would grind to a halt

Researchers believe their acoustic tweezers have tremendous potential, especially in diagnostics, with some applications also in therapeutics

Such systems would no longer require heat sinks or cooling fans on top of the integrated circuits

With ability to analyze minuscule amounts of fluid, Rutgers breakthrough could also promote central nervous system and joint research

Spinout’s microfluidics device better models how cancer and other cells interact in the body.