Liquid biopsies, comprising the noninvasive analysis of circulating tumor-derived material
(the 'tumor circulome'), represent an innovative tool in precision oncology to overcome …

Cyclic olefin copolymers (COC) are amorphous, transparent thermoplastics composed of
cyclic olefin monomers (norbornene) and linear olefins (ethene). They are increasingly …

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

Exosomes are cell-derived structures packaged with lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. They
exist in diverse bodily fluids and are involved in physiological and pathological processes …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a rare subset of cells found in the blood of patients with
solid tumors, which function as a seed for metastases. Cancer cells metastasize through the …

Particle separation is essential in a broad range of systems and has several biological
applications. Microfluidics has emerged as a potentially transformational method for particle …

The widespread adoption of microfluidic devices among the neuroscience and neurobiology
communities has enabled addressing a broad range of questions at the molecular, cellular …

Simple Summary Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a label-free cell manipulation technique based
on electrical differences that can be applied to liquid biopsies in the context of cancer …

Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been widely considered as promising novel biomarkers
for molecular research and clinical diagnosis of cancer. However, the sorting of CTCs is very …

Electromanipulation and electrical characterization of cancerous cells is becoming a topic of
high interest as the results reported to date demonstrate a good differentiation among …