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A recent study titled Clinical Evaluation of a Fully Electronic Microfluidic White Blood Cell Analyzer<\/em>, published in PLOS ONE<\/em>, evaluates the performance of CytoTracker, a portable, fully electronic, microfluidic-based white blood cell (WBC) analyzer. The study, led by Jianye Sui and colleagues, focuses on the potential of CytoTracker to enable rapid, point-of-care WBC analysis. This device uses only 50 \u03bcl of blood\u2014approximately one drop\u2014to measure total WBC and granulocyte counts within minutes.<\/p>\n

The study involved 210 adult patients and validated CytoTracker against a standard benchtop analyzer, the Horiba Point of Care Hematology Analyzer. The results demonstrated high accuracy, with strong linear dynamic ranges of 2.5 k\/\u03bcl\u201335 k\/\u03bcl for total WBC counts and 0.6 k\/\u03bcl\u201326 k\/\u03bcl for granulocyte counts, showing correlation coefficients of 0.97 and 0.98, respectively. CytoTracker also demonstrated the ability to accurately identify abnormal blood counts with over 90% sensitivity and specificity.<\/p>\n

The promising findings suggest that CytoTracker has significant potential as a reliable, point-of-care WBC analyzer, capable of providing fast and accurate results for better diagnosis and treatment, especially in time-sensitive situations. The device is currently under development at RizLab Health and is not yet commercially available.<\/p>\n

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Recognition<\/strong>: Sui J,Lin Z, Azizpour S, Chen F, Gaur S, Keene K, Soleimani F, Davis R W, Bhowmick T, Rafique Z, Javanmard M. Clinical evaluation of a fully electronic microfluidic white blood cell analyzer.\u00a0 January 18, 2024. PLoS ONE 19(1): e0296344.\u00a0 PMID 3823679<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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