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Clog-free high-throughput microfluidic cell isolation with multifunctional microposts

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94123-6

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  1. Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program Pilot Grant
  2. Mizzou Advantage Grant Program, University of Missouri

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A novel method using multifunctional hybrid functional microposts was developed to address the limitations of low flow rates and device clogging in processing rare tumor cells from blood as liquid biopsies. The method integrated a swift by-passing route for non-tumor cells to prevent clogging problems, leading to highly efficient separation of rare cells from biological fluids. Improved designs showed higher capture efficiencies for both microbeads and cancer cells.
Microfluidics have been applied to filtration of rare tumor cells from the blood as liquid biopsies. Processing is highly limited by low flow rates and device clogging due to a single function of fluidic paths. A novel method using multifunctional hybrid functional microposts was developed. A swift by-passing route for non-tumor cells was integrated to prevent very common clogging problems. Performance was characterized using microbeads (10 mu m) and human cancer cells that were spiked in human blood. Design-I showed a capture efficiency of 96% for microbeads and 87% for cancer cells at 1 ml/min flow rate. An improved Design-II presented a higher capture efficiency of 100% for microbeads and 96% for cancer cells. Our method of utilizing various microfluidic functions of separation, bypass and capture has successfully guaranteed highly efficient separation of rare cells from biological fluids.

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