Cell separation is a key step in many biomedical research areas including biotechnology,
cancer research, regenerative medicine, and drug discovery. While conventional cell sorting …

In the last 30 years we have assisted to a massive advance of nanomaterials in material
science. Nanomaterials and structures, in addition to their small size, have properties that …

Magnetic sorting using magnetic beads has become a routine methodology for the
separation of key cell populations from biological suspensions. Due to the inherent ability of …

A flexible, fast and simple magnetic cell sorting system for separation of large numbers of
cells according to specific cell surface markers was developed and tested. Cells stained …

Ferromagnetic iron dextran particles were prepared by reacting a mixture of ferrous chloride
and ferric chloride with dextran polymers under alkaline conditions. Particles purified by gel …

The iron storage protein ferritin consists of a spherical polypeptide shell (apoferritin)
surrounding a 6-nanometer inorganic core of the hydrated iron oxide ferrihydrite (5Fe2O3⋅ …

Magnetic separations have for decades been essential processes in diverse industries
ranging from steel production to coal desulfurization. In such settings magnetic fields are …

Magnetic separations are probably one of the most versatile separation processes in
biotechnology as they are able to purify cells, viruses, proteins and nucleic acids directly …

Myeloma-spleen cell hybrids (hybridomas) producing antibody to mouse immunoglobulin
allotypes have been labeled with fluorescent microspheres coupled with myeloma protein …

At first mostly dedicated to molecular analysis, microfluidic systems are rapidly expanding
their range of applications towards cell biology, thanks to their ability to control the …