Blood test as effective as bone marrow biopsy for diagnosis, monitoring of multiple myeloma | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Blood test as effective as bone marrow biopsy for diagnosis, monitoring of multiple myeloma | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Blood test as effective as bone marrow biopsy for diagnosis, monitoring of multiple myeloma

Researchers design microfluidic chip to detect circulating multiple myeloma cells in a blood sample

University of Kansas researchers with funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed a microfluidic device to diagnose and monitor multiple myeloma. The low-cost, reusable system uses a few drops of blood to obtain results that would otherwise require a painful bone marrow extraction.