Design, test and biological validation of microfluidic systems for blood plasma separation

Sample preparation has been described as the weak link in microfluidics. In particular, plasma has to be extracted from whole blood for many analysis including protein analysis, cell-free DNA detection for prenatal diagnosis and transplant monitoring. The lack of suitable devices to perform the sepa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Maiwenn
Other Authors: Dhariwal, Resh : Desmulliez, Marc
Published: Heriot-Watt University 2010
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.547709