一種一次性微小液體芯片能夠在活動實驗室中使用，分析血液標本并通過移動電話將結果傳輸給醫生。

這種芯片能夠檢測特異性生物指標的質量，例如血液中的C反應蛋白（CRP）或者肌鈣蛋白I。一種微型泵，基于石蠟膨脹，由移動電話電池供電，推動樣本通過通道、濾膜以及芯片的反應槽。一架相機然后讀出芯片釋放的光信號作為檢測結果。這個過程是基于化學發光法，相同的化學反應使的火螢發光。在幾分鐘之后，這些結果就可以通過移動電話或者網絡傳輸給醫生。這種微型實驗室唯一所需要添加的設備是配備數碼相機的移動電話。

這種移動實驗室是由Uppsala大學、Malardalens大學學院、和Uppsala大學醫院的研究人員開發成功的。他們力圖進一步提高芯片的功能，從而允許在幾個平行血液分析儀中進行。

Uppsala Bio-X (www.uppsalabio.com)公司項目經理Jonas Astrom說：“最終定型的芯片對所有已經生產出抗體的生物學指標都有效。”這項交叉學科的研究項目是根據Uppsala大學和瑞典農業科技大學建立的劃時代的科學技術而建立的。

Sending Diagnostic Results by Phone
 
A disposable microfluidic chip can serve as a kind of portable laboratory, analyzing blood samples and sending them via a mobile phone to a doctor.

The chip measures quantities of specific biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) or troponin I in a blood sample. A micro pump, based on paraffin expansion and powered by the mobile phone battery, pushes the sample through channels, filters, and the reaction chamber on the chip. A camera then reads the test results as light signals off the chip. This process is based on bioluminescence, the same chemical reaction that makes fireflies glow. After only a few minutes, the results can be sent to a doctor over a mobile phone network or the Internet. The only additional equipment the micro laboratory needs is a mobile phone with a digital camera.

This portable lab was developed by researchers from Uppsala University, Malardalens University College, and the University Hospital in Uppsala (Sweden). They aim to enhance the chip’s functionalities even further in order to allow the conduction of several parallel blood analyses.

“The finalized chip has the potential to respond to any biomarker for which there is an existing antibody,” noted Jonas Astrom, project manager for Uppsala Bio-X (www.uppsalabio.com), a cross-disciplinary research program based on cutting-edge science founded by Uppsala University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Science.