Virus chromatography; On-chip diagnosis of virus infection from human body fluid
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Niimi, Miyako; Masuda, Taisuke; Kaihatsu, Kunihiro; Kato, Nobuo; Arai, Fumihito
- Source
- 2012 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS) Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2012 International Symposium on. :12-15 Apr, 2012
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Bioengineering
Computing and Processing
Robotics and Control Systems
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
- Language
This paper presents a microfluidic chip to isolate virus from the particle laden solution like body fluid. Because many of virus infectious diseases occur in the developing region, more compact and low-cost device for virus detection from the patients' body fluid is required. We proposed a microfluidic chip for virus isolation by hydroxyapatite chromatography. This microfluidic chip utilized a column for on-chip chromatography. Hydroxyapatite particles were packed in the column and viruses and impurities were adsorbed on the hydroxyapatite particles. We have succeeded in isolating virus by buffer displacement.