Imagine holding a state-of-the-art research laboratory in the palm of your hand. The device can go anywhere you go, and nearly anyone can operate it. What would you do with it?A team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison already have a plan. They hope to use the device to create a faster and cheaper diagnostic test for necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC. NEC is a medical condition that causes the death of intestinal tissue and is primarily seen in premature newborns.
Quoted: Katie Brenner, a post-doctoral researcher in Douglas Weibel?s lab at UW-Madison