The separation of specific cell populations is instrumental in gaining insights into cellular
processes, elucidating disease mechanisms, and advancing applications in tissue …

The progress in microfabrication and lab-on-a-chip technologies has been a major area of
development for new approaches to bioanalytics and integrated concepts for cell biology …

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

Accurate and high throughput cell sorting is a critical enabling technology in molecular and
cellular biology, biotechnology, and medicine. While conventional methods can provide high …

Increasingly, invitro culture of adherent cell types utilizes three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds or
aggregate culture strategies to mimic tissue-like, microenvironmental conditions. In parallel …

Maximizing the speed and efficiency at which single cells can be liberated from tissues
would dramatically advance cell-based diagnostics and therapies. Conventional methods …

Highlights•Microfluidics is a powerful tool for bioanalytics and some preparatory
applications.•Many flow and field effects can be miniaturized for separations.•Future …

The biophysical characteristics and counts of blood cells provide useful information
regarding pathological conditions. Therefore, the separation of blood components is a …

Microfluidics, which is classified as either active or passive, is capable of separating cells of
interest from a complex and heterogeneous sample. Active methods utilise external fields …

Advances in microfluidic cell sorting have revolutionized the ways in which cell‐containing
fluids are processed, now providing performances comparable to, or exceeding, traditional …