High-speed On-chip Cell Sorting

Abstract

Recent researches on single cell analysis have provided important results showing differences between the individual cells even in the same culture group. On-chip cell sorting techniques represented by the fluorescent-activated cell sorting (FACS) using microfluidic chips have greatly contributed to these analyses because of their remarkable high-throughput ability. Currently, the cell sorting faces to a chance of further leap with the aid of microfabrication technologies and microfluidic flow control technologies for constructing the high-throughput system. In this article, we give a commentary for the on-chip cell sorting from the sight of sorting methods.