Extraction of cell-free DNA from human plasma (IMAGE)

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Extraction of cell-free DNA from human plasma

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Scientists from Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) designed an open-channel microfluidic gated device to purify and separate short fragments of pathogenic DNA such as the MTB genome from human plasma samples

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Nobuyuki Futai from SIT, Japan

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