Table of Contents

Prologue ix
Introduction: The Image that Changed My Life 1
1 Tiny Channels Everywhere 5
2 The Power of Droplets 37
3 Decoding the Human Genome with Microfluidics 69
4 Miniaturized Testing with the Glucometer and Other Point-of-Care Devices 95
5 The Democratization of Microfluidics 145
6 Organs-on-Chips 193
7 The Pregnancy Test and the Rise of Paper Microfluidics 217
8 In Search of Exteremly Rare Cells 239
9 Microfluidics and 3D Printing 257
Notes 275
Index 317

About the Author

Albert Folch is Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He is the author of the widely used textbook Introduction to BioMEMS and other books.