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acoustofluidics
Procedure:
- combination of microfluidics with acoustics
- sound waves separate exosomes from undiluted whole blood samples
Clinical significance:
- exosome-based biopsies may be useful for analysis of hard-to- reach organs, like the brain, heart, liver, kidneys, & placenta
General
microfluidics
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
PMID: 28923936 Free PMC Article
http://www.pnas.org/content/114/40/10584.long