Optoelectronic tweezers: a versatile toolbox for nano-/micro-manipulation

S Zhang, B Xu, M Elsayed, F Nan, W Liang… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The rapid development of micromanipulation technologies has opened exciting new
opportunities for the actuation, selection and assembly of a variety of non-biological and …

Liquid biopsies, novel approaches and future directions

A Armakolas, M Kotsari, J Koskinas - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The gold standard for detecting cancer and profiling tumors is tissue
biopsies. Despite this, tissue biopsies have been associated with many limitations leading to …

Recent advances of liquid biopsy: Interdisciplinary strategies toward clinical decision‐making

H Bao, L Min, F Bu, S Wang… - Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid biopsy has emerged as a promising avenue for non‐invasive and rapid retrieval of
pathological information from patient body fluids. Over the years, liquid biopsy has garnered …

Nanomaterial-based immunocapture platforms for the recognition, isolation, and detection of circulating tumor cells

Y Liu, R Li, L Zhang, S Guo - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a type of cancer cells that circulate in the peripheral blood
after breaking away from solid tumors and are essential for the establishment of distant …

Recent advances in nano/microfluidics-based cell isolation techniques for cancer diagnosis and treatments

N Shanehband, SM Naghib - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
Miniaturization has improved significantly in the recent decade, which has enabled the
development of numerous microfluidic systems. Microfluidic technologies have shown great …

On the design, functions, and biomedical applications of high-throughput dielectrophoretic micro-/nanoplatforms: a review

Y Li, Y Wang, K Wan, M Wu, L Guo, X Liu, G Wei - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an efficient, rapid and label-free micro-/nanoparticle separation technique,
dielectrophoresis (DEP) has attracted widespread attention in recent years, especially in the …

Development of an optically induced dielectrophoresis (ODEP) microfluidic system with a virtual gel filtration chromatography (GFC)-inspired mechanism for the high …

CM Yang, PY Chu, AY Wu, PH Hsieh, CH Hsieh… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Size-based sorting and separation of microparticles is critical for many applications.
Conventional techniques might not be suitable for this task particularly when sample is …

Technologies for Viable Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation

MS Tretyakova, ME Menyailo, AA Schegoleva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spread of tumor cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream is a
critical step in metastasis, which continues to be the main cause of cancer-related death …

The utilization of tunable transducer elements formed by the manipulation of magnetic beads with different sizes via optically induced dielectrophoresis (ODEP) for …

CM Yang, JC Yu, PY Chu, CH Hsieh, MH Wu - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Magnetic beads improve biosensing performance by means of their small volume and
controllability by magnetic force. In this study, a new technique composed of optically …

Advances and Prospects in Liquid Biopsy Techniques for Malignant Tumor Diagnosis and Surveillance

C Zhang, T Li, Q Zhao, R Ma, Z Hong, X Huang, P Gao… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid biopsy technology provides invaluable support for the early diagnosis of tumors and
surveillance of disease course by detecting tumor‐related biomarkers in bodily fluids …