Microfluidics as a field is relatively new (last 10 years or so).<p>This study is at the &quot;microtiter&quot; scale, which is the scale that companies such as theranos are trying to take advantage of.<p>Microfluidics is largely an industrial field rather than academic.<p>&gt;Not only does it seem like a very fundamental question to have already asked...it doesn&#x27;t even seem like a very difficult study to do.<p>Yeah, well, that&#x27;s the difference between Silicon Valley and academia.<p>SV doesn&#x27;t want to hear about results that invalidate their business model.