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ESA’s Blood Testing Tricorder Sensor

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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Spinning Blood Device Set to Safeguard Astronaut Health

“ESA has begun developing a new blood-testing device for astronauts on the International Space Station. A wide range of ailments from diabetes to heart disease should be diagnosable in moments from a single drop of astronaut blood. A pinprick of blood is added to a mini-disc embedded with a wide variety of miniaturised test procedures. The disc is then inserted into the ‘point-of-care’ device and set spinning to spread the blood sample across the surface.”

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