New Portable Device Counts Leukocytes through the Skin (IMAGE)

Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology

New Portable Device Counts Leukocytes through the Skin

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Researchers are working to miniaturize the device for white blood cell counting which could be used in a similar way to the pulse oximeter shown in the image, used to measure oxygen levels in the blood.

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Quinn Dombrowski

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