What can you do with a drop of blood?

The cover illustration of Lab on a Chip, 2009, Volume 9, Issue 23. The illustration supports a paper published by IBM Research - Zurich scientists Luc Gervais and Emmanuel Delamarche who have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use and can test for many diseases, including one of world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease. The test is also flexible enough to test for chemical and bio hazards and to monitor medicinal therapies.

Illustration designed by Luc Gervais.

Courtesy of IBM Research - Zurich