Issue 1, 2007

Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: Past studies and future opportunities

Abstract

A rapidly emerging field in lab-on-a-chip (LOC) research is the development of devices to improve the health of people in developing countries. In this review, we identify diseases that are most in need of new health technologies, discuss special design criteria for LOC devices to be deployed in a variety of resource-poor settings, and review past research into LOC devices for global health. We focus mainly on diagnostics, the nearest-term application in this field.

Graphical abstract: Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: Past studies and future opportunities

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
08 Aug 2006
Accepted
10 Oct 2006
First published
27 Oct 2006

Lab Chip, 2007,7, 41-57

Lab-on-a-chip devices for global health: Past studies and future opportunities

C. D. Chin, V. Linder and S. K. Sia, Lab Chip, 2007, 7, 41 DOI: 10.1039/B611455E

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