Separation of cells is a key application area of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices. Among the
various methods, magnetic separation of cells utilizing microfluidic devices offers the merits …

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 …

Recent advances in the study of tumor-derived microvesicles reveal new insights into the
cellular basis of disease progression and the potential to translate this knowledge into …

The need for efficient cell separation, an essential preparatory step in many biological and
medical assays, has led to the recent development of numerous microscale separation …

Numerous cancer-associated deaths are owing to a lack of effective diagnostic and
therapeutic approaches. Microfluidic systems for analyzing a low volume of samples offer a …

This article reviews the recent developments in microfluidic technologies for in vitro cancer
diagnosis. We summarize the working principles and experimental results of key microfluidic …

The ability to diagnose cancer based on the detection of rare cancer cells in blood or other
bodily fluids is a significant challenge. To address this challenge, we have developed a …

This paper provides an overview of the electrokinetic phenomena associated with particles
and cells in microchannel systems. The most important phenomena covered include …

Blood-based liquid biopsies provide a minimally invasive alternative to identify cellular and
molecular signatures that can be used as biomarkers to detect early-stage cancer, predict …

Magnetic particles have become a promising tool for nearly all major lab-on-a-chip (LOC)
applications, from sample capturing, purification, enrichment, transport to detection. For …