HP inkjet printers find new uses in cancer research, vaccine discovery; Singapore remains key hub

HP inkjet printers, first developed in the 1970s, are now being used in the discovery of new drugs and vaccines, as well as cancer research, opening up an entirely new income stream for the company that has seen falling consumer demand for computers and printers cut into profits. “What we have seen is that we can separate cancer cells from normal cells when we apply some electromagnetic fields to a micro stream of liquid,” HP’s chief executive officer Enrique Lores told The Straits Times in an exclusive interview.

HP chief executive Enrique Lores said that microfluidics will be key to what HP describes as its “growth businesses”.

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SINGAPORE – The inkjet printer, which dates back to the 1970s, may be considered a dinosaur in a digital age where people swipe screens more than they flip pages of paper.

But some of the most advanced inkjet printer heads are being produced in Depot Road in Singapore, and their American maker HP is readying the robotic ink dispensers for a bigger purpose and a brighter future.

HP inkjet printers find new uses in cancer research, vaccine discovery; Singapore remains key hub

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