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Contact: Lauren Hammit
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National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Caption: The lab-on-a-chip is a miniaturized, portable version of a blood-count machine. On long missions, astronauts will need the ability to analyze blood samples in real-time to diagnose infection, allergies, anemia or deficiencies in the immune system.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Y. Tai, California Institute of Technology
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