Countless technologies aim to give scientists accurate readouts of the key components of biological samples from patients. But what if it's better to listen to a sample than to look at it? Elie Dolgin visits one company that's adapting a vibration detector developed for telecommunication satellites to make what could be the most sensitive commercial biosensor ever built.
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Dolgin, E. Good vibrations. Nat Med 17, 768–771 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0711-768
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0711-768