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Lab on a chip developed at University of Alberta for cheap, portable medical tests

University of Alberta researchers have developed a portable unit for genetic testing about the size of a shoebox, which has the same capability as a lab full of expensive equipment. The device -- along with other, much smaller units the team is now in the process of developing -- paves the way for enormous savings to health care systems and will improve care for patients.

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