# Bio-lab on a microchip

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Frederick Balagadde
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Engineering
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/frederick_balagadde_bio_lab_on_a_microchip)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab -- by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip.

## Lectures

1. [Bio-lab on a microchip](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/frederick_balagadde_bio_lab_on_a_microchip/54d51e7c63b1), 5 min (TED's player)