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Self‐Propelled Microrockets to Capture and Isolate Circulating Tumor Cells
Author(s) -
Gao Weiwei,
Farokhzad Omid C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201103189
Subject(s) - circulating tumor cell , tumor cells , cell , range (aeronautics) , computer science , computational biology , nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science , biology , cancer research , biochemistry , cancer , genetics , composite material , metastasis
Ready for take‐off : A self‐propelled “microrocket” has been developed to capture and isolate circulating tumor cells from a cell mixture (see picture). This novel approach builds on the existing cell capture technologies whereby cell mixtures are exposed to antibody‐functionalized surfaces to achieve binding‐mediated cell capture. Self‐propelled microrockets will facilitate a wide range of biomedical applications.