JALA June 2014 Podcast: Centrifugo-Magnetophoretic Purification of CD4+ Cells from Whole Blood Toward Future HIV/AIDS Point-of-Care Applications

Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 10:11 p.m.

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Cheap and simple: Whole blood spiked with target cells is incubated with (super-)paramagnetic microparticles that bind phenotypic markers on target cells. Under rotation, all cells sediment into a chamber located opposite a co-rotating magnet, and bead-bound target cells are deflected to a designated reservoir.

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