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lab on a chip
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A semiconductor chip used to analyze the composition of a person's body fluids (blood, saliva, urine) for medical purposes. It combines microfluidics and semiconductor processing on the same chip. See microfluidics and nanotechnology.



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The new system, which consists of a lab-on-a-chip, laser-induced fluorescence detection device and analysis method based on antigen-antibody reaction and electrophoresis, can rapidly measure stress-related substances secretory immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) and cortisol in salivary samples.
The networks may also provide an even tinier alternative to current lab-on-a-chip devices made with methods borrowed from the microchip industry (SN: 8/15/98, p.
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