Lab-on-fiber could shine light on disease
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 04:00
in Physics & Chemistry
(Phys.org) —"Imagine turning on your home lab kit, pricking your finger, and blotting the blood on an array of fiber probes. In just a few minutes, the machine would automatically e-mail the results to your doctor, who could get back to you within hours if there was a problem. Meanwhile, you could get on with the rest of your day." This is the scenario painted in a detailed essay in IEEE Spectrum of what the future might hold, according to Jacques Albert, who heads the Advanced Photonic Components group at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.