Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Monitoring biomolecule concentrations in tissue using a wearable droplet microfluidic-based sensor

  • Adrian M. Nightingale,
  • Chi Leng Leong,
  • Rachel A. Burnish,
  • Sammer-ul Hassan,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Geraldine F. Clough,
  • Martyn G. Boutelle,
  • David Voegeli,
  • Xize Niu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10401-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Continuous real-time measurement of biomarker levels in body fluids offers many exciting possibilities. Here, the authors develop an integrated wearable droplet microfluidic sensor that combines continuous sampling of tissue fluid with in situ analysis using wet-chemical assays.