Paper-Based Blood Test Measures Liver Damage (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

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Paper-Based Blood Test Measures Liver Damage (1 of 2)

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A drop of blood obtained from a finger prick is applied to a paper-based microfluidic liver function test. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the September 19, 2012, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Nira Pollock at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "A Paper-Based Multiplexed Transaminase Test for Low-Cost, Point-of-Care Liver Function Testing."

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