THE ROLE OF LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICE IN HEALTH CARE

Lab-on-a-chip (LOC), a scaled down microfluidic device for carrying out laboratory operations outside the scope of standard laboratories is a rather appealing development in the field of science and technology for the whole laboratory has been reduced to a small chip capable of carrying out various functions. Keeping to its word, micro, miniaturized volume samples and reagents has ebbed the time taken to analyze a reaction apart from the distinctive behaviour of liquids at the nano scale which has permitted substantial control of molecular interactions and concentrations. Also, amount of chemical waste and the cost of reagents has been minimised very drastically. This review article thus focuses on the importance of LOCs in the field of health care apart from its progress and incorporation in biotechnological researches over the past years.