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Simple device for rare cell capture from whole blood

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Author(s)

Jason G. Kralj, Samuel P. Forry, Matt S. Munson, Thomas P. Forbes, Chandamany Arya, Lynn Sorbara, Alessandro Tona, Sudhir Srivastava

Abstract

We have developed a system to isolate rare cells from whole blood using commercially available components and simple microfluidics that can provide biologists with the capabilities of the monolithic devices. We characterized the capture of MCF-7 cells spiked into whole human blood to demonstrate that enrichment and even enumeration studies are possible, and enabling engineers and biologists access to this technology.
Citation
Lab on A Chip
Pub Type
Journals

Keywords

microfluidics, rare cell capture, circulating tumor cells, whole blood assay
Chemical engineering and processing and Health

Citation

Kralj, J. , Forry, S. , Munson, M. , Forbes, T. , Arya, C. , Sorbara, L. , Tona, A. and Srivastava, S. (2012), Simple device for rare cell capture from whole blood, Lab on A Chip (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created September 26, 2012, Updated February 19, 2017
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