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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Diagnostics

Background:

  • Microfluidics has seen exponential growth over the last 30 years.
  • Applications include rare cell isolation and single-cell level disease diagnosis.
  • Significant impacts are seen in disease diagnostics, fertility testing, and understanding viral-host interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide a comprehensive overview of microfluidics.
  • To highlight notable developments in the last five years.
  • To discuss the potential, challenges, and future outlook of microfluidic technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of microfluidic techniques for detection and diagnosis.
  • Categorization of detection technologies by application setting.
  • Explanation of the working principles of microfluidic techniques.
  • Analysis of recent advancements (last five years).

Main Results:

  • Microfluidics facilitates diverse applications, including in-field diagnostics for diseases and infections.
  • Techniques are adaptable for home-use tests, such as fertility monitoring.
  • Microfluidic platforms are crucial for studying cellular interactions, like those involving SARS-CoV-2.

Conclusions:

  • Microfluidics offers powerful tools for advancing medical diagnostics and biological research.
  • Future developments are influenced by funding landscapes and the practical application of microfluidic chips.
  • Continued innovation is expected in single-cell analysis and point-of-care diagnostics.