Ultra low-cost medical diagnostics in a tiny box

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Health,

Paul Yager

Professor, bioengineer and biochemist

Since 1992, Paul's lab has focused primarily on development of microfluidic devices and systems; the long-range goal has always been to use microfluidic devices and systems for the analysis of biological fluids for use in low-cost point-of-care biomedical diagnostics. Full bio

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