Controlled Encapsulation of Single-cells into Monodisperse Picoliter Drops
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Encapsulation of cells within picoliter-size monodisperse drops provides new means to perform quantitative biological studies on a single-cell basis for large cell populations. Variability in the number of cells per drop due to stochastic cell loading is a major barrier to these techniques. We overcome this limitation by evenly spacing cells as they travel within a high aspect-ratio microchannel; cells enter the drop generator with the frequency of drop formation.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008