Monday 30 June 2014

Venus-flytrap-like gripper could capture individual cells in the human body

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(Phys.org) —No two biological cells are exactly the same. Even a small biopsied tumor sample contains cells with large variations in their proliferation rate, potential for metastasis, drug responsiveness, etc. However, because of the large size of the tools used to analyze the cells, data collected from tissue samples is often averaged over a multitude of cells. As such, it may not accurately represent the behavior of individual cells of interest. Since analyzing individual cells is very important for designing effective treatments, researchers are working on ways to capture single cells, and lots of them at once.



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