Particle physiology

December 2, 2013

Dr Bhatia is a bioengineer and physician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was impressed by the extraordinary sensitivity of modern urine testing, which can detect conditions ranging from diabetes and pregnancy to breast and brain cancer. But she noticed that one thing it cannot detect is clots attached to the walls of blood vessels. Nor is there an effective blood test for such clots. (The Economist)