acoustofluidics
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Clinical significance
- exosome-based biopsies may be useful for analysis of hard-to- reach organs, like the brain, heart, liver, kidneys, & placenta
Procedure
- combination of microfluidics with acoustics
- sound waves separate exosomes from undiluted whole blood samples
More general terms
References
- ↑ Abbasi J Laboratory-on-a-Chip Uses Acoustics to Isolate Tell-Tale Particles in Blood. JAMA. 2017;318(18):1750 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2662868
- ↑ Wu M, Ouyang Y, Wang Z et al Isolation of exosomes from whole blood by integrating acoustics and microfluidics. Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A. 2017 14(40): 10584-10589 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28923936 Free PMC Article <Internet> http://www.pnas.org/content/114/40/10584.long