Researchers have been able to miniaturize elements of potential diagnostics, but what will it take to put them together into a workable device?
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Kling, J. Moving diagnostics from the bench to the bedside. Nat Biotechnol 24, 891–893 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0806-891
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