Artificial spleen can remove unknown pathogens

[cigana]

for example it can remove difficult-to-detect viruses:

http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2013/08/16/t-ts-spleen-on-a-chip.cnnmoney/index.html?iid=V_Top

 

[Sasha]

Weird...

 

[Thinktank]

Bummer, the video doesn't load for me. Can it be viewed anywhere else?

 

[Thinktank]

Found it:

 

[snowathlete]

cool

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Now all we need is a related Kickstarter campaign, with the perk being your own home-spleen unit.

I get the beads can bind to bacteria, not sure how it binds to viruses.

Not sure how it well it might help folks who may have viruses or other pathogens (Bart) in the tissues as opposed to just the blood.