Printing artificial cells
by
Mary Badcock, RSC
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last modified
06-19-09 03:29 AM
Copyright 2009, RSC
Each vesicle is formed by a series of inkjet pulses that form a single microfluidic jet, where pauses between pulse sets determine the frequency of vesicle formation (Image Credit: RSC)
In a step towards cell mimics, an inkjet printer is being used to make lipid-coated balls containing proteins.
Daniel Fletcher from the University of California in Berkeley and coworkers from the US and France, developed the method to make single-lipid vesicles - fluid spheres encased in a lipid bilayer. More...
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/cb/Volume/2009/8/Printing_cells.asp
