Fast and versatile method for combined cell characteriza­tion

Prof. Dr. Jochen Guck, research group leader at the Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of Technische Universität Dresden, Katarzyna Plak and Philipp Rosendahl, together with Dresden biologists and physicians, and with the support of the Microstructure Facility of the Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB), have developed a method that enables the simultaneous measurement of fluorescence and deformability of cells 100 times faster than previous methods. This could optimize the diagnosis of many diseases such as leukaemia, malaria, bacterial or viral infections, which in turn would lead to a faster and more precise start of therapy.

DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4639

Nature Methods