Sorting Cells with Acoustic Waves
November 27, 2012 | Terry Sharrer
Flow cytometry, which relies on lasers to sort cells, may have a new approach for some application; i.e. sorting by acoustic waves. Researchers at Penn State have build a tiny device that can direct a cell flow—of say, white blood cells—into five channels using tunable transducers that emit two sound waves. Its developers envision a cell-phone sized cell sorter that would be far less expensive than existing technology. MORE
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