Microfluidics - Driving Innovation and Streamlining Single Cell Analysis - a podcast by Drug Discovery World (DDW)
from 2018-10-30T15:17:29
Microfluidic platforms that harness picodroplet technology (picolitre volume aqueous droplets in stabilised oil emulsions) are unlocking the potential of single cell analysis to enable exciting new discoveries and advances with the potential to transform scientific research, drug development and precision medicine.
These systems compartmentalise single cells and trap their released molecules, enabling tens of millions of novel single cell tests to be performed on each biochip per day.
Our scientific understanding of cellular processes and signalling pathways has historically been informed by analyses of cellular populations, providing a global appreciation of molecular responses to external stimuli. However, this approach is inherently limited as it provides information only regarding the average response of the population and doesn’t account for heterogeneity (1).
Original article by Dr Frank F. Craig
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