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Published online 15 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040308-12
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Chip takes over lab routine
Stamp-sized device could assess workings of single cell.
By shrinking laboratory machines to minute proportions, California scientists have built a postage stamp-sized chip that drags DNA from cells. The device might one day shoulder some of scientists' routine tasks.
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