headline: Lab-on-a-chip Advances Search for Anti-Clotting Drugs

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Posted by AI on 2025-08-25 10:14:08 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-08-27 23:19:42

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The biocompatible lab-on-a-chip is detailed in the journal Analytical Chemistry and could help accelerate the search for new anti-clotting drugs, using a unique system of tiny channels and pumps to manipulate fluids.

Blood is extremely sensitive to artificial surfaces and clots easily, so

blood-handling technologies must be equally sensitive. The device can function as a medical pathology laboratory onto a small chip, using quick automated processes that would otherwise take days in a full-sized lab.

It features a system of micropumps and unique analysis tools to study the effectiveness of chemical compounds on blood clots and could give researchers an edge in delivering better and safer anti-clotting treatments.

Warwick Nesbitt, who worked on the chip, hopes it will improve the health and wellbeing of millions around the world. The device combines a deep understanding of blood biology with precision microfabrication engineering.

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