Researchers had developed a microfluidic biochip that can electrically obtain total and differential blood count in a point-of-care low resource setting. This device requires extremely small amount of blood and very short time to execute the test, which was desired for long for an informative widely used diagnostic test like complete blood cell count. Complete blood cell counts (CBCs) are one of the most informative blood tests with great diagnostic importance.
This is a routine and commonly done blood test done in clinics and hospitals. The results from a CBC, which typically include white blood cell (WBC) counts with differentials, red blood cell (RBC) counts, platelet counts and hemoglobin measurements, can have implications for primary screening of hundreds of diseases and treatments. This diagnostic test in generally executed using bulky and expensive hematology analyzers which are…
