The development and optimisation of a novel microfluidic immunoassay platform for point of care diagnostics
thesis
posted on 2016-03-14, 09:53 authored by Ana I. BarbosaProtein biomarkers are important diagnostic tools for detection of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular conditions. In order to be used as diagnostic tools they need to be detected at very low concentrations in biological samples (e.g. whole blood, serum or urine). This has been currently performed in central laboratories using expensive, bulky equipment and time consuming assays. [Continues.]
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Loughborough University
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- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
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© Ana I. BarbosaPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2016Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en
