Recent Applications of Microfluidic Technology in the Field of Cell Biology

Abstract: Since the early 1990s， microfluidics， also called “lab on a chip” is growing rapidly. Because of having the characteristics of miniaturization， integration， high throughput， low energy consumption and rapid analysis， microfluidics becomes attractive in cell biological research as a promising platform. Microfluidic technology enables us to investigate cell behavior with precise and localized of experimental conditions which are unreachable by using macroscopic tools. This review mainly summarizes recent applications of microfluidics in cell culture， cell sorting， cell lysis， cell counting， cell apoptosis， cell migration， cell capturing and cell interaction.

CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2011.11.0011