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Low-cost single-cell analysis for rheumatoid arthritis

23-Feb-2018

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New York Genome Center has develop a portable, low-cost microfluidic controller.

3D-printed custom device obtained and assembled for a cost of about $600.

Studied synovial tissue from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Identifies cells that may prove to be important drug targets.

The study was published in the Nature Communications journal.

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Laura Donlin

Co-Director of HSS Precision Medicine Laboratory and Assistant Professor at ​Weill Cornell Medicine.

Nature Communications

Journal covering all topics in physics, chemistry, and biology

New York Genome Center (NYGC)

Nonprofit academic research institution in New York focused on genomic research.

New York University (NYU)

One of the world’s foremost research universities

William Stephenson

Senior Research Engineer at New York Genome Center.

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