Acoustofluidics for biomedical applications

J Rufo, F Cai, J Friend, M Wiklund… - Nature Reviews Methods …, 2022 - nature.com
Acoustofluidic technologies utilize acoustic waves to manipulate fluids and particles within
fluids, all in a contact-free and biocompatible manner. Over the past decade, acoustofluidic …

Acoustofluidic separation of cells and particles

M Wu, A Ozcelik, J Rufo, Z Wang, R Fang… - Microsystems & …, 2019 - nature.com
Acoustofluidics, the integration of acoustics and microfluidics, is a rapidly growing research
field that is addressing challenges in biology, medicine, chemistry, engineering, and …

Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation

CW Shields Iv, CD Reyes, GP López - Lab on a Chip, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Channel innovations for inertial microfluidics

W Tang, S Zhu, D Jiang, L Zhu, J Yang, N Xiang - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Inertial microfluidics has gained significant attention since first being proposed in 2007
owing to the advantages of simplicity, high throughput, precise manipulation, and freedom …

[HTML][HTML] Circulating tumor cell technologies

MM Ferreira, VC Ramani, SS Jeffrey - Molecular oncology, 2016 - Elsevier
Circulating tumor cells, a component of the “liquid biopsy”, hold great potential to transform
the current landscape of cancer therapy. A key challenge to unlocking the clinical utility of …

Acoustic separation of circulating tumor cells

P Li, Z Mao, Z Peng, L Zhou, Y Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are important targets for cancer biology studies. To further
elucidate the role of CTCs in cancer metastasis and prognosis, effective methods for …

Label-free isolation of exosomes using microfluidic technologies

S Hassanpour Tamrin, A Sanati Nezhad, A Sen - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
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 …

Size-selective collection of circulating tumor cells using Vortex technology

E Sollier, DE Go, J Che, DR Gossett, S O'Byrne… - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
A blood-based, low cost alternative to radiation intensive CT and PET imaging is critically
needed for cancer prognosis and management of its treatment.“Liquid biopsies” of …

Fundamentals and application of magnetic particles in cell isolation and enrichment: a review

BD Plouffe, SK Murthy, LH Lewis - Reports on Progress in …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

A sound approach to advancing healthcare systems: the future of biomedical acoustics

J Rufo, P Zhang, R Zhong, LP Lee, TJ Huang - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Newly developed acoustic technologies are playing a transformational role in life science
and biomedical applications ranging from the activation and inactivation of …