{"id":215204,"date":"2025-06-02T05:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/first-of-its-kind-device-uses-single-drop-of-blood-to-profile-newborns-immune-function"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:04:14","slug":"first-of-its-kind-device-uses-single-drop-of-blood-to-profile-newborns-immune-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/first-of-its-kind-device-uses-single-drop-of-blood-to-profile-newborns-immune-function","title":{"rendered":"First-of-its-kind device uses single drop of blood to profile newborns\u2019 immune function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/first-of-its-kind-device-uses-single-drop-of-blood-to-profile-newborns-immune-function2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind device to profile the immune function of newborns. Using a single drop of blood, the BiophysicaL Immune Profiling for Infants (BLIPI) system provides real-time insights into newborns\u2019 immune responses, enabling the early detection of severe inflammatory conditions and allowing for timely interventions.<\/p>\n<p>This critical innovation addresses the urgent and unmet need for rapid and minimally invasive diagnostic tools to protect vulnerable newborns, especially those born prematurely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind device to profile the immune function of newborns. Using a single drop of blood, the BiophysicaL Immune Profiling for Infants (BLIPI) system provides real-time insights into newborns\u2019 immune responses, enabling the early detection of severe inflammatory conditions and allowing for timely interventions. This critical innovation addresses the urgent and unmet [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}