Differential treatment of selected parts of a single cell with different fluid components
CA 2422762 A1 · Owner: Ostuni, Emanuele · Inventors: Ingber, Donald E.; Whitesides, George M.; Ostuni, Emanuele
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The present invention is directed, in certain embodiments to improved, small , scale systems and methods able to selectively treat parts of a single cell including, in certain embodiments, portions of a main body portion of a single cell, and able, in certain embodiments to establish long-term gradients of , active substances within subcellular regions of a single cell. The present invention provides, in some embodiments techniques for selectively contacting a portion of the surface of a biological cell with a fluid or fluid component carrying a particular potential for a physiological or biochemical interaction with the cell, and simultaneously contacting a different portion of the …
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