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A Single Cell Pedometer Developed

Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu

Scientists at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering have developed an optical sensor that can quantify the force that a cell exerts on a special surface as it moves across it, which should allow for creating somatic cell sorting machines and single cell diagnostic devices. The project is a part of the European Information Society Technologies initiative.

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