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Frederick Balagadde: laboratorios clínicos en un microchip

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Las enfermedades en el África subsahariana no se pueden detener sólo con medicamentos. Deben combinarse con herramientas de diagnóstico. Frederick Balagadde, TED Senior Fellow, nos muestra cómo podemos multiplicar la potencia y disponibilidad de un laboratorio costoso y difícil de manejar, reduciéndolo al tamaño de un microchip.

TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde invented the micro-chemostat, a first-of-its-kind, dime-sized piece of transparent plastic that can orchestrate the behavior of living cells. Full bio »

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