Abstract
Recently, regenerative medicine has been focused with stem cells that can regenerate the lost human tissues and organs. To measure healthiness of cells non-invasively, microwave atomic force microscope (M-AFM) which can measure electrical properties and topography of cells has been developed. M-AFM probe was fabricated by forming a microwave transmission line on the probe cantilever. We succeeded in measuring both the microwave response and the surface topography of dried mesenchymal stem cells after ethanol dehydration by M-AFM with the probe. As a result, the change of microwave signals depending on the cell tissues was detected.
