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ReviewNature2006

Microfluidic diagnostic technologies for global public health.

Paul Yager, Thayne Edwards, Elain Fu, Kristen Helton, Kjell Nelson, Milton R Tam, Bernhard H Weigl

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Review in Nature, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 428 papers.

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428citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

428 citing papers in PubMed.

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  20. High-resolution stereolithography: Negative spaces enabled by control of fluid mechanics.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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368 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Paul YagerDepartment of Bioengineering, Box 355061, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. yagerp@u.washington.edu
Thayne Edwards
Elain Fu
Kristen Helton
Kjell Nelson
Milton R Tam
Bernhard H Weigl

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The developing world does not have access to many of the best medical diagnostic technologies; they were designed for air-conditioned laboratories, refrigerated storage of chemicals, a constant supply of calibrators and reagents, stable electrical power, highly trained personnel and rapid transportation of samples. Microfluidic systems allow miniaturization and integration of complex functions, which could move sophisticated diagnostic tools out of the developed-world laboratory. These systems must be inexpensive, but also accurate, reliable, rugged and well suited to the medical and social contexts of the developing world.

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InternationalityDeveloping CountriesDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansMicrofluidicsPublic Health

Identifiers

PMID16871209

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