Mehmet Toner and biological micro-electromechanical systems

Mehmet gave a talk about bioMEMS, or biological micro-electromechanical systems. Amazingly small devices used to separate out cells and analyze them. His lab has found ways to separate out individual white blood cells into a grid of tiny wells. These individual cells can then be analyzed to see if you have built up antibodies to particular antigens, and therefore you have been exposed to (and are possibly infected with) those antigens.

Imagine going for a blood test and getting the results immediately from a few drops of blood rather than waiting a week and giving up several vials of blood.