In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. Similarly, no two cells in a
genetically identical group are the same. This heterogeneity at the single-cell level has been …

Pollution of environment represents serious issue, which deserves increased attention.
Conventional laboratory techniques, which rely on bench-top devices, do not satisfy …

Cell deformability plays an important role in cellular processes and functions, including cell
growth and differentiation, as well as cell transfer and cell cycle. Measuring deformability at …

Cells are the fundamental building blocks of life. Changes within a cell can propagate
throughout much larger, more complex systems. The knowledge of how these changes arise …

Cell mechanics is closely related to and interacts with cellular functions, which has the
potential to be an effective biomarker to indicate disease onset and progression. Although …

Background Cytoskeleton is a highly dynamic network that helps to maintain the rigidity of a
cell, and the mechanical properties of a cell are closely related to many cellular functions …

The use of microfluidics to make mechanical property measurements is increasingly
common. Fabrication of microfluidic devices has enabled various types of flow control and …

Cellular physical properties have been identified to reflect cell states. Existing techniques
are able to characterize either mechanical or electrical properties of a cell. This paper …

Cells mechanical property assessment has been a promising label-free method for cell
differentiation. Several methods have been proposed for single-cell mechanical properties …

Dielectrophoresis (DEP), the force induced on a polarizable body by a non-uniform electric
field, has been widely used to manipulate single cells in suspension and analyze their …