Controlling Cells with Electric Shock in Biofilms
July 26, 2022 | Terry Sharrer
“Researchers from the University of California, San Diego (CA, USA) have developed a method to control biofilm growth by combining a novel microfluidic chip with a multielectrode array to send localized electric shocks to the bacterial biofilm. This device also measures the physiological response within the biofilm at a single-cell resolution. Biofilms are made of various specialized cell types, and the researchers manipulated the ratio of matrix-producing cells and motile cells to alter the biofilm’s physical and biological properties.” MORE
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